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Subfamily of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Acanthoclininae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes, one of two in the family Plesiopidae.[1] They are characterised by the head being scaleless or nearly scaleless, a dorsal fin which has 17–26 spines and 2–6 soft rays, an anal fin having 7–16 spines and 2–6 soft rays while the pelvic fin has one spine and two soft rays. There are between one and four lateral lines, the number of vertebrae is between 26 and 35. They grow to a maximum length about 30 centimetres (12 in).[2]
Acanthoclininae | |
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Acanthoplesiops indicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
(unranked): | Ovalentaria |
Family: | Plesiopidae |
Subfamily: | Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861 |
The genera currently recognised as belonging to the subfamily Acanthoclininae are:[1]
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