Gobies are deeply divided: phylogenetic evidence from nuclear DNA (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Gobiidae)

Molecular phylogeny of Percomorpha resolves Trichonotus as the sister lineage to Gobioidei (Teleostei: Gobiiformes) and confirms the polyphyly of Trachinoidei

“…The results of our phylogenetic analyses are congruent with other molecular studies (Thacker, 2009;Near et al, 2013;Tornabene et al, 2013;Thacker, 2014). In addition to providing a molecular phylogenetic perspective on the sister lineage of gobies, our analysis provides the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of all the gobioid families, as well as all the trachinoid groups within Percomorpha.…”

“…Molecular phylogenetic analyses of gobioids have confirmed the composition of families in the clade (Agorreta et al, 2013;Tornabene et al, 2013), and have identified several well-supported lineages within the most species-rich families, Gobionellidae and Gobiidae (Thacker and Roje, 2011;Agorreta et al, 2013;Thacker, 2013).…”

“…1). The resolution of separate Gobiidae and Gobionellidae clades is supported in numerous molecular phylogenetic studies (Thacker 2003(Thacker , 2009Betancur-R. et al, 2014;Agorreta et al, 2013;Tornabene et al, 2013); however, the conversion of phylogenies to classifications in gobies remains contentious (Agorreta and Rüber, 2012). The congruence of morphological and molecular inferences on the relationships of Thasseleotridae demonstrates the value of both approaches in resolving the relationships among the lineages that comprise the traditional Eleotridae.…”

“…The families within Gobioidei have been delineated using morphology (Miller, 1973;Hoese, 1984;Gill and Mooi, 2012), and adjusted to concur with results of molecular phylogenetic analyses (Agoretta et al, 2013;Thacker, 2003;Thacker, 2009;Thacker and Roje, 2011;Tornabene et al, 2013).…”

The complete mitochondrial genome of Gymnogobius Petschiliensis (Gobiiformes; Gobiidae; Gobionellinae) and its phylogenetic implications

“…Of the goby fishes, for instance, many Gymnogobius species have been poor recognized mainly because of the absence of enough molecular information and clear phylogenetic framework (Kim et al 2004). Mitochondrial DNA, which has been proved useful in species identification and phylogenetic studies, has great potential to resolve this issue (Miya et al 2003;Tornabene et al 2013;Harrington et al 2016). In the present study, we determined and described the complete mitogenome of G. petschiliensis, and reconstructed the phylogenetic relationship of the relative species of Gobionellinae, expecting for better understanding the systematic evolution of the genus Gymnogobius and further phylogenetic study of Gobionellinae.…”