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Osteodiscus Stein 1978

Description

Osteodiscus Stein 1978

Diagnosis. Disk present, covered only by thin skin, skeletal; fleshy margin absent; supporting rays of disk webbed between tips, attenuate posteriorly. Mouth horizontal or oblique. Teeth sharp, with or without faint lobes. Nostrils single, relatively small. Cephalic pores normal to very large. Pectoral fin deeply notched. Vertebrae 51–59, dorsal fin rays 46–53. Pleural ribs absent. Branchiostegal rays six.

Distribution. Three species known, two from the North Pacific and one from New Zealand waters (Fig. 15).

Notes

Published as part of Stein, David L., 2012, A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 3588 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.283120

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Liparidae
Genus
Osteodiscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Stein
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Osteodiscus Stein, 1978 sec. Stein, 2012

References

  • Stein, D. L. (1978) A review of the deepwater Liparidae (Pisces) from the coast of Oregon and adjacent waters. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 127, 1 - 55.