Anatomical description and phylogenetic classification of the orbicular velvetfishes (Scorpaenoidea: Caracanthus) |
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| Authors: | Gento Shinohara Hisashi Imamura |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan;(2) The Hokkaido University Museum, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Anatomical characters for two species of the orbicular velvetfishes (Caracanthus) are described, and the phylogenetic position of the genus among the superfamily Scorpaenoidea is estimated cladistically on the basis of morphological characters belonging to 112 transformation series. Caracanthus is nested within the family Scorpaenidae, having close relationships with Taenianotus and Pteroidichthys. Validity of the family Caracanthidae was not supported, Caracanthus being included within the Scorpaenidae. |
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