Family PERRYENIDAE

Summary:

The family Perryenidae contains the single species Perryena leucometopon, which was previously placed in the family Congiopodidae.

The Perryenidae is a scorpaenoid family with the following characters: compressed scaleless body; long snout with a small mouth at its tip; black band passing from base of first two dorsal fin spines through eye to chin; gill openings wide with gill membranes on both sides free from isthmus; two preopercular spines; parietals on both sides separated by frontal and supraoccipital; anterior portion of supraoccipital narrowly separating frontals on both sides; a strong process on intercalar; a ridge on metapterygoid; anguloarticular convexity present; three anal spines (Honma et al. 2013). 

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Dianne J. Bray, PERRYENIDAE in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/family/354

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Family Taxonomy

 Honma et al. 2013 found that the genus Perryena has a sister relationship with a scorpaenoid clade comprising the families Gnathanacanthidae and Pataecidae.

Author

 Dianne J. Bray

References

Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Congiopodidae, p 507. In: Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) Fishes of Australia’s southern coast. Reed New Holland, Chatswood.

Honma, Y., H. Imamura & T. Kawai. 2013. Description of the genus Perryena, and proposal to erect a new family for it based on its phylogenetic relationships with related taxa (Scorpaeniformes). Ichthyological Research: published online 19 January 2013 DOI 10.1007/s10228-012-0321-z

Ishii, N. & Imamura, H. 2008. Phylogeny of the family Congiopodidae (Perciformes: Scorpaenoidea), with a proposal of new classification. Ichthyol. Res. 55: 148–161.

Waite, E.R. 1922. Description of a new Australian fish of the genus Congiopodus. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 2: 215–217.
Waite, E.R. 1922. Description of a new Australian fish of the genus Congiopodus. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 2: 215–217.