Family PSEUDOTRICHONOTIDAE Yoshino & Araga, 1975

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• Pseudotrichonotidae Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. in Masuda, H., Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. 1975. Coastal Fishes of Southern Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University. Press 382 pp. 11 figs 143 pls. [176].

Introduction

The Pseudotrichonotidae contains a single genus Pseudotrichonotus with up to three species. Yoshino & Araga (1975) erected the family for P. altivelis from the Pacific coast of Japan, placing it in the Myctophiformes. Parin (1992) described a second species, P. xanthotaenia, from the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar, but found only minor differences between the two species leading some to suggest that they may be conspecific (see Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016). Johnson et al. 1996 studied the osteology and relationships of P. altivelis and moved the family to the Aulopiformes. Gill & Pogonoski (2016) described a third species from off the Western Australia coast.

General References

Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. in Masuda, H., Araga, C. & Yoshino, T. 1975. Coastal Fishes of Southern Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University. Press 382 pp. 11 figs 143 pls. [176]

Gill, A.C. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2016. Pseudotrichonotus belos new species, first record of the fish family Pseudotrichonotidae from Australia (Teleostei: Aulopiformes). Zootaxa 4205(2): 189-193

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [216]

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp. [269]

Common Name References

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [216] (Sandiving Lizardfishes)

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