Phylogeny of the Elopomorpha (Teleostei): Evidence from six nuclear and mitochondrial markers

Chen, Jhen‐Nien; López, J. Andrés; Lavoué, Sébastien; Miya, Masaki; Chen, Wei-Jen

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.002

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“…The morphological specializations of the most derived of the elopomorph orders, Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes, have led to controversial interpretations that have therefore hindered the establishment of a robust and consensual classification. Forey et al (1996) were the first authors to recognize both orders as part of a monophyletic group, a proposal supported by recent studies (Santini et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2014).…”

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“…The specimens referred in the present work are recognized as true Anguilliformes, commonly known as eels, because their long and cylindrical snake-like bodies, their absence of a pelvic fin, and their pectoral fin located in the middle of the trunk far from the ventral border and behind the fourth vertebra ( Figure 3.1) are distinctive characters of this order (Nelson, 2006;Wiley and Johnson, 2009;Johnson et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2014). Additionally, the Belisario Domínguez eels cannot belong in the Saccopharyngiformes since the latter is a group of highly specialized fishes lacking their opercular bones and branchiostegal rays, whereas in the Mexican specimens such bones are present (Figure 3.3).…”

Section: Systematic Paleontologymentioning

confidence: 90%

“…At the beginning of the present decade, Johnson et al (2011) described Protoanguilla palau, a species which was placed in its own family, Protoanguillidae, as a putative living sister group of both Cenozoic and extant eels. However, succeeding studies (Santini et al, 2013;Chen et al, 2014) identified this species at the base of the living eels as the sister group of the family Synaphobranchidae. In this paper, we follow the comparative exercise of Johnson et al (2011) as a template to analyze the Paleocene eels recovered from the Belisario Domínguez quarry.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Paleocene fishes from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

Alvarado‐Ortega

Cuevas-García

Melgarejo-Damián

et al. 2015

Palaeontologia Electronica

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This paper provides the first geological and paleontological data on two Mexican Paleocene fossil localities, the División del Norte and the Belisario Domínguez quarries, recently discovered near Palenque, State of Chiapas. Both are part of the marine outcrops previously known as the Tenejapa (toward the West) and the Lacandón formations (toward the East and in Guatemala). Since the limits of these formations remain unclear in the Palenque area, the geological association of these localities is referred to as the Paleocene Tenejapa-Lacandón Unit. The fossil fishes are particularly abundant and well preserved in these sites; they represent taxa previously known from Eocene localities around the world, whose strata were deposited under continental and marine conditions. This new assemblage is peculiar because it includes potential new species of Pycnodontiformes, Osteoglossiformes, Anguillifromes, Clupeiformes, and "serranids" that might expand their temporal and paleogeografical distribution worldwide and therefore become important elements to understand the evolution of these groups. These 63 my fish localities are the closest, temporally and geographically, sites to the Chicxulub Crater, a crater intimately associated to the Mass Extinction Event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (K/P). These newly localities represent an important paleontological scenario that will contribute to achieve a better understanding of the marine vertebrate communities throughout this important geological event.

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Section: Systematic Paleontologymentioning

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Section: Systematic Paleontologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Paleocene fishes from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

Alvarado‐Ortega

Cuevas-García

Melgarejo-Damián

et al. 2015

Palaeontologia Electronica

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“…Are there biases correlated with ecology or geography within clades? With the rapid accumulation of phylogenetic studies resolving the backbone (Holcroft 2005, Holcroft and Wiley 2008, Near et al 2012b, Betancur-R et al 2013, Sanciangco et al 2016, intra-ordinal (Miya et al 2013, Chen et al 2014, Dornburg et al 2015a, and intra-familial relationships (Near et al 2012a, Santini et al 2013a,b, Dornburg et al 2015b, Santini and Carnevale 2015 across most of the ray-finned fish tree of life, addressing such questions has become a possibility and represents an important first step toward understanding the evolution of circadian rhythms in vertebrates.…”

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An assessment of sampling biases across studies of diel activity patterns in marine ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Dornburg

Forrestel

Moore

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ABSTRACT.-Understanding the promotion and regulation of circadian rhythms in marine fishes is important for studies spanning conservation, evolutionary biology, and physiology. Given numerous challenges inherent to quantifying behavioral activity across the full spectrum of marine environments and fish biodiversity, case studies offer a tractable means of gaining insights or forecasting broad patterns of diel activity. As these studies continue to accumulate, assessing whether, and to what extent, the cumulatively collected data are biased in terms of geography, habitat, or taxa represents a fundamentally important step in the development of a broad overview of circadian rhythms in marine fish. As such investigations require a phylogenetic framework, general trends in the phylogenetic sampling of marine fishes should be simultaneously assessed for biases in the sampling of taxa and trait data. Here, we compile diel activity data for more than 800 marine species from more than five decades of scientific studies to assess general patterns of bias. We found significant geographic biases that largely reflect a preference toward sampling warm tropical waters. Additionally, taxonomic biases likewise reflect a tendency toward conspicuous reef associated clades. Placing these data into a phylogenetic framework that includes all known marine fishes revealed significant under-dispersion of behavioral data and taxon sampling across the whole tree, with a few subclades exhibiting significant overdispersion. In total, our study illuminates substantial gaps in our understanding of diel activity patterns and highlights significant sampling biases that have the potential to mislead evolutionary or ecological analyses.

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“…The European eel Anguilla anguilla is a member of the Elopomorpha superorder (Greenwood et al, 1966), a diverse group of predominantly marine teleost fishes comprising about 1.000 species, placed in 25 families (Chen et al, 2014;Nelson, 2006). The European eel form part of the Anguilliforme order, and the family Anguillidae.…”

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Molecular approaches related to the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) reproductive process

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSEn primer lugar quiero dar las gracias a Johnny por haberme dado la oportunidad de realizar este doctorado. Muchas gracias por la ayuda y los buenos consejos prestados. Agradezco mucho tu comprensión y empatía cada vez que he estado malita.Gracias también a Luz, por tu buen humor y tu gran simpatía. Me has hecho sentir muy cómoda desde el principio y además me has convertido en fanática gatuna.David, muchas gracias por haber confiado en mi desde el principio, darme libertad en la realización de los experimentos y haber resuelto todas las dudas que iban surgiendo.Por otra parte quería dedicar un párrafo muy especial a mis primeros amigos españoles, mis preferidos y que a la vez eran mis compañeros de trabajo.Como podéis imaginar siempre es difícil llegar a otro país, lejos de la familia, de los amigos de la infancia y sin hablar el idioma. Vosotros me lo habéis hecho todo más fácil. He aprendido mucho a vuestro lado y he evolucionado mucho gracias a vosotros, de ser sepia (gracias Vic) a casi valenciana con acento francés. Me lo he pasado fenomenal entre las cervecitas del viernes, las excursiones del sábado, las inumerables comidas y cenas, nocheviejas, etc… Rosa, nunca olvidaré nuestra primera salida "Alcampo", tu cara mirándome fijamente mientras cojeabas y sonaba la música de tu móvil!!! Toda una historia… Y en nochevieja, que bien me lo pasé con mi compañera de cubatas y de "baño que pincha", mis vaqueros aún se acuerdan de aquella noche!! Pablo, mi traductor oficial de los Mojinos!! A ver si podemos ir a otro concierto pronto! Y volver a comer crêpes en Paris! Cara-crêpes! Vic, nada más volver de Japón me iniciaste a tu pasión… los pajaritos!! Las orejas de cerdo vinieron mucho más tarde ;-) Me descubriste este mundo y ahora veo los pajaritos con otro ojo (y otra oreja). Tú crees que otro petirrojo nos dará un concierto privado como el de Cazorla??Mamen, no sé ni por dónde empezar… Nunca olvidaré todo lo que has hecho por mí. Recuerdo al principio cuando casi sin conocernos me invitaste a tu cumpleaños junto a toda tu familia!. He disfrutado mucho todos los momentos que hemos pasado juntas estos años (entre las anguilas, el laboratorio, las vacaciones, las fallas, las nocheviejas, los fin des, paseos con bolt, cenas improvisadas...) Creo que he pasado más tiempo contigo que con Richard. Gracias por todo!!! También quiero dar las gracias a una gran cocinera y amiga, llamada Aquagamete, o Pepa, para los íntimos! Me han encantado nuestras comiditas y me ha ayudado mucho tenerte aquí. Además, gracias a ti he podido probar y disfrutar el mejor jamón del mundo! No olvido a los 2 últimos fichados: los vecinos alborayenses Chris y German. Continuaremos disfrutando de nuestras cervecitas y horchatitas después de una partida de volley-playa.Gracias al grupo de nutrición, Miguel, Ana, Silvia, Raquel, Sergio… con mención especial a Guillem por tu ayuda y tu valenciano perfecto (yo tenía complicado el resum en valenciá); y a Nacho, por tu ayuda con la portada y tu paciencia durante el final de mi tesis, ...

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Phylogeny of the Elopomorpha (Teleostei): Evidence from six nuclear and mitochondrial markers

Cited by 64 publications

References 42 publications

Paleocene fishes from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

Paleocene fishes from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

An assessment of sampling biases across studies of diel activity patterns in marine ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Molecular approaches related to the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) reproductive process

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