A review of the pelvic girdle of acanthomorph fishes, with comments on hypotheses of acanthomorph intrarelationships

Moore, Jon A.

doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1992.tb00923.x

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“…Holocentrids (Holocentrus) do not appear as the sister group of`higher percomorphsa (Lepomis, Morone, Dactylopterus, Melichthys, Bothus in our sample) as proposed by Stiassny and Moore (1992). No paracanthopterygian appears to be closely related to atherinomorphs (Parenti, 1993).…”

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

Wiley

Johnson

Dimmick

2000

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

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

Wiley

Johnson

Dimmick

2000

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

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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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Dornburg

Eytan

et al. 2013

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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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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“…The Percomopha series was firstly recognized by Rosen (1973) and recently renamed as Percomorphacea by Wiley and Johnson (2009). Proposed by Stiassny and Moore (1992), the naturalness of the group is based on two shared characteristics: a pelvic fin located below the pectoral fin, and an association between both pectoral and pelvic girdles (including ligamentous attachments, which are hardly preserved in the fossil record). Both characteristics are present in specimen IGM 4550 (Figure 6).…”

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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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A review of the pelvic girdle of acanthomorph fishes, with comments on hypotheses of acanthomorph intrarelationships

Cited by 90 publications

References 30 publications

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

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

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

Paleocene fishes from Palenque, Chiapas, southeastern Mexico

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