Gill Anthony C, Michalski Steffi
Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. Ichthyology, Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia..
Zootaxa. 2020 Feb 13;4732(3):zootaxa.4732.3.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.3.4.
Osteological characters supporting monophyly and identification of extant Leiognathidae are reviewed. Ten osteological synapomorphies support monophyly of the Leiognathidae, involving modification of the ribs, gill arches, palatoquadrate, median fins and branchiostegals. Fourteen additional characters are noted that nest the Leiognathidae within the Acanthuriformes (sensu Gill Leis). Nine further characters are noted as useful for identification of leiognathids, though each occurs more widely among acanthuriforms and other fishes. Three fossil genera that have been assigned to the Leiognathidae are briefly reviewed for the various leiognathid characters. Only one fossil genus, †Euleiognathus Yabumoto Uyeno, appears correctly placed in the family.
支持现生银鲈科单系性及鉴定的骨学特征被综述。十个骨学共衍征支持银鲈科的单系性，涉及肋骨、鳃弓、腭方骨、中鳍及鳃盖骨的形态改变。另外有14个特征表明银鲈科归入刺尾鱼目（依吉尔和莱斯的定义）。还有九个特征被认为对银鲈科的鉴定有用，尽管每个特征在刺尾鱼目及其他鱼类中更为广泛地出现。对已归入银鲈科的三个化石属的各类银鲈科特征进行了简要综述。只有一个化石属，†始银鲈属矢本和上野，似乎被正确地归入该科。
