Sciadonus Garman, 1899

Sciadonus Garman, 1899: 171, type species by monotypy Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899 .

Diagnosis. Body long, slender and compressed; loose, transparent, scaleless skin; lower jaw protruding; small deep-set eyes; pectoral fin peduncle about three times as long as high; anterior gill arch without long rakers; males with well-developed urogenital hood ventrally covering penis; females with a pair of claspers at urogenital opening.

Species. Sciadonus contains five species. A key is given in Nielsen (2018: 178).