Pollichthys Grey, 1959

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Pollichthys Grey, 1959

Diagnosis. Pollichthys is a monotypic genus that can be distinguished in the Phosichthyidae by the presence of two ORB (one anterior to eye and one mid-ventral or posterior to it); eyes not tubular; premaxillary teeth uniserial; 15–17 gill rakers; pseudobranchiae absent; pelvic-fin origin in advance of dorsal-fin origin; anal-fin base length more than twice the dorsal-fin base length; 10–12 dorsal-fin rays; 22–30 anal-fin rays; photophores present on isthmus; ORB 2; OP 3; SO present; IC 47–50; OA 19–21 (Grey, 1964; Schaefer et al., 1986b; Sutton et al., 2020).