Skeletal anatomy and classification of the neotenic Asian salmoniform superfamily Salangoidea (icefishes or noodlefishes)
Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: Apstract: The distinctive, largely cartilaginous skeletal anatomy of the Asian icefishes or noodlefishes is described and figured from cleared specimens stained with alcian and alizarin.This information, together with examination of types and other material in North American and European museums, leads to the following revised classification of these neotenic Salmoniformes: Salangoidea new superfamily (coordinate with Osmeroidea, Salmonoidea) Salangidae Protosalanginae: Protosalanx chinensis Salanginae: Salanx (Salanx) ariakensis, S. (S.) cuvieri, S. (Hemisalanx) prognathus, S. (Leucosoma) reevesi Salangichthyinae new subfamily: Neosalanx andersoni, N. brevirostris, N. jordani, N. reganius, Salangichthys ishikawae, S. microdon Sundasalangidae: Sundasalanx microps, S.praecox The introduction includes a summary of salangoid natural history and a key for their identification.The systematic account includes all primary and secondary synonyms of genera and species recognized.New information is presented on pectoral girdle morphology in teleosts, relationships of salangoids and other salmoniforms, and breeding tubercles, meristic variation, and neoteny in salangoids.Roberts, Tyson R. 1984."Skeletal anatomy and classification of the neotenic Asian salmoniform superfamily Salangoidea (icefishes or noodlefishes)."
Author: Roberts, Tyson R.
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2767907155