The interrelationships of Acanthomorph fishes: A total evidence approach using molecular and morphological data

Wiley, E. O.; Johnson, G. David; Dimmick, Walter W.

doi:10.1016/s0305-1978(99)00069-1

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“…A clade uniting Zeiformes (dories), Stylephorus (tube-eye), and Gadiformes (cods) is resolved with strong support (BS = 100%). Previous phylogenetic analyses had resolved Lampriformes (opahs) as the sister lineage of all other acanthomorphs (8,15,21,22), but our molecular phylogeny places the clade in a more derived position (BS = 99%) as the sister lineage of Acanthopterygii or the clade containing dories, tube-eyes, and cods ( Fig. 1B and Fig.…”

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Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

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Spiny-rayed fishes, or acanthomorphs, comprise nearly one-third of all living vertebrates. Despite their dominant role in aquatic ecosystems, the evolutionary history and tempo of acanthomorph diversification is poorly understood. We investigate the pattern of lineage diversification in acanthomorphs by using a well-resolved time-calibrated phylogeny inferred from a nuclear gene supermatrix that includes 520 acanthomorph species and 37 fossil age constraints. This phylogeny provides resolution for what has been classically referred to as the "bush at the top" of the teleost tree, and indicates acanthomorphs originated in the Early Cretaceous. Paleontological evidence suggests acanthomorphs exhibit a pulse of morphological diversification following the end Cretaceous mass extinction; however, the role of this event on the accumulation of living acanthomorph diversity remains unclear. Lineage diversification rates through time exhibit no shifts associated with the end Cretaceous mass extinction, but there is a global decrease in lineage diversification rates 50 Ma that occurs during a period when morphological disparity among fossil acanthomorphs increases sharply. Analysis of clade-specific shifts in diversification rates reveal that the hyperdiversity of living acanthomorphs is highlighted by several rapidly radiating lineages including tunas, gobies, blennies, snailfishes, and Afro-American cichlids. These lineages with high diversification rates are not associated with a single habitat type, such as coral reefs, indicating there is no single explanation for the success of acanthomorphs, as exceptional bouts of diversification have occurred across a wide array of marine and freshwater habitats.

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Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

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“…However, atheriniform fishes were considered to be composed of two monophyletic groups: Atherinopsidae, the New World silversides, and Atherinidae, the Old World silversides both of which have percoids and mugilids as sister-groups (Saeed et al, 1994;Dyer and Chernoff, 1996). Recently, Wiley et al (2000) in a comprehensive study about the interrelationships of acanthomorph fishes using molecular and morphological data, showed evidence corroborating the Stiassny's (1993) hypothesis that mullets are related to atherinomorphs. Even though there are many hypotheses for atherinomorphs relationship, our results only allow us to refute the hypothesis that atherinids are related to paracanthopterygians as previously suggested (Parenti, 1993).…”

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“…Molecular data have been used recently as a source of information to elucidate phylogenetic history of fish groups using mitochondrial DNA and nuclear ribosomal sequences associated with morphological observations (Wiley et al, 2000). However, more appropriate nuclear genes may provide molecular data for more expressive phylogenetic reconstruction, since they meet several criteria to be used in this kind of analysis including (i) enough conservation of the sequence avoiding saturation; (ii) sufficient length; and (iii) minimal amount of homoplasy.…”

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A growth hormone-based phylogenetic analysis of euteleostean fishes including a representative species of the Atheriniformes Order, Odontesthes argentinensis

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The GH (growth hormone) cDNA sequence of the marine silverside fish Odontesthes argentinensis was obtained using the RACE protocol (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends). The marine silverside GH cDNA sequence is 928 nucleotides long and was found to encode a polypeptide of 204 amino acids, including a signal peptide of 17 amino acids. The 5' and 3' untranslated regions of the messenger are 109 and 204 nucleotides long, respectively. The deduced GH amino acid sequence was used to infer a phylogenetic tree with GH amino acid sequences from representative species belonging to the Euteleostei Subdivision using the maximum parsimony method. The topology found is according to the major phylogenetic grouping of euteleosts. The results corroborate the hypothesis that atherinids are not related to paracanthopterygians as previously suggested, and show a lack of solid synapomorphies among most of the Acanthopterygii Orders analysed indicating a complex assemblage of fishes in which the phylogenetic tree remains indeterminable.

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“…1b). The only other molecular data pertaining to the question of stephanoberyciform/beryciform relationships are the 12S rDNA and 28S rDNA sequences presented by Wiley et al (2000) in their discussion of overall acanthomorph systematics. The three families (Melamphaidae, Berycidae, and Holocentridae) included in their study that are directly relevant here are, however, those whose placement is most controversial.…”

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Phylogenetic Investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes, Particularly Whalefishes (Euteleostei: Cetomimidae), Based on Partial 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA Sequences

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2000

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The interrelationships of Acanthomorph fishes: A total evidence approach using molecular and morphological data

Cited by 70 publications

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Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

A growth hormone-based phylogenetic analysis of euteleostean fishes including a representative species of the Atheriniformes Order, Odontesthes argentinensis

Phylogenetic Investigations of the Stephanoberyciformes and Beryciformes, Particularly Whalefishes (Euteleostei: Cetomimidae), Based on Partial 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA Sequences

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