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Up to the present, the genus Leptostichaeus has been considered as belonging to subfamily Lumpeninae. A series of characters was analyzed for family and subfamily diagnostics within the group Stichaeidae. It was found that, in combination of all examined characters, the genus Leptostichaeus is either similar to Azygopterus or occupies an intermediate position between the latter and other members of the family Stichaeidae. The genus Leptostichaeus is transferred into the group Azygopterinae, which is revalidated as a subfamily within the family Stichaeidae.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Zemnukhov, 2012, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2012, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 417–422.
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Zemnukhov, V.V. Genus Leptostichaeus and its position in the taxonomy of fishes (Perciformes: Zoarcoidei, Stichaeidae). J. Ichthyol. 52, 363–368 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945212030101
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