Stygichthys Brittan & Böhlke, 1965
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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S1679-62252010000300001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD4787B0-01A4-FF1B-FC33-FBE0C73BA6FF |
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Stygichthys Brittan & Böhlke, 1965 |
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Stygichthys Brittan & Böhlke, 1965 View in CoL View at ENA
The position of this genus within Characidae is completely enigmatic; even its assignment to the Characidae can not be considered to be well justified. The single species of this genus, Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke , has hypogean habits and some unique or much unusual features among the Characidae (Géry, 1977) . The presence in this species of a very short anal fin with only eight rays is unique within the Characidae . No information relevant to a hypothesis about the relationships of this genus is available and Stygichthys is maintained as incertae sedis within the Characidae .
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