Synopsis of the tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces: Blenniidae)

Smith-Vaniz, William F.; Springer, Victor G.

doi:10.5479/si.00810282.73

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“…In addition to four tooth shape ratios, the maximum number of teeth on dentary and premaxilla jaw bones and attachment type were recorded from previous studies that examined multiple specimens (Smith‐Vaniz and Springer ; Springer and Gomon ; Smith‐Vaniz ; Springer ; Bath ; Almeida et al ; Smith‐Vaniz ; Springer ; Williams ; Williams ; Bath ; Bath ; Bath ; and Murase ). Maximum tooth number was taken from the literature to ensure multiple specimens were observed and that individual size bias of available specimens was not introduced.…”

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Extreme dentition does not prevent diet and tooth diversification within combtooth blennies (Ovalentaria: Blenniidae)

Hundt

Simons

2018

Evolution

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The dentition of fishes can be quite striking and is often correlated with a specific diet. Combtooth blennies have long incisiform oral teeth, unlike most actinopterygians. It has been suggested that the long tooth morphology is an adaptation for detritivory, but given the diversity of diets (detritus, coral polyps, polychaetes, and pieces of other fishes), are blenny teeth indeed monomorphic? Or does tooth variation associated with diet still exist at this extreme? To explore tooth and diet diversification, we used a new phylogenetic hypothesis of Blenniidae, measured tooth shape, number, and mode of attachment, and quantified blenniid diet. The ancestral diet of blennies contained detritus and diversified into many different diets, including almost exclusively detritivory. Our results reveal a dental cline that may be constrained by tooth shape, but has not prevented diet diversification. Ancestral state reconstruction of tooth morphologies suggests that the ancestor of blennies had many unattached teeth and featured transitions to fewer attached teeth, with several transitions back to attached or unattached teeth. The dentition of blenniids is not monotypic; rather it is diverse and small changes in tooth shape are accompanied by changes in size, number, attachment, and often diet.

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Extreme dentition does not prevent diet and tooth diversification within combtooth blennies (Ovalentaria: Blenniidae)

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Simons

2018

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“…Istiblennius extends eastward as far as Ducie Island (125°W). Although Omobranchus occurs only as far east as the Line Islands (155°W), it, Entomacrodus, and Istiblennius inhabit the relatively isolated Hawaiian Islands, where Ecsenius apparently does not exist (collected there once, under peculiar circumstances; Springer, 1971). Somewhat in contrast, Ecsenius is common in the Red Sea, as is Istiblennius and, to a lesser degree, Omobranchus, but Entomacrodus has been collected there only once.…”

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“…Introduction This is the fourth study I have published (Springer, 1971(Springer, , 1972McKinney and Springer, 1976) on the systematics of Ecsenius. In the first study I recognized 18 species, but the material actually comprised 26 species.…”

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The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius

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1988

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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“…Los recuentos se efectuaron en el lado izquierdo de cada pez, fueron: número de espinas y radios de las aletas dorsales, pectoral, pélvica, anal y caudal. Para el recuento de los poros cefálicos se contó desde el extremo anterior de la cabeza hacia atrás, en sentido cefalocaudal del ejemplar, además se consideró análogamente el criterio utilizado por Smith-Vaniz & Springer (1971). Se contó también el número de escamas de la línea lateral, sobre y bajo ésta.…”

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Problema en El Numero De Parches De Cirros Nucales en Peces Del Genero Calliclinus Gill 1860 (Osteichthyes, Labrisomidae)

2005

Gayana (Concepc.)

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RESUMENLa existencia de peces del género Calliclinus con menos de tres parches de cirros nucales genera problemas sistemáticos y taxonómicos, especialmente confusión con el género Auchenionchus Gill, uno de cuyos caracteres diagnósticos indica dos parches. Se analiza el problema con 543 ejemplares y se concluye que pese a este problema, los taxa descritos son válidos.PALABRAS CLAVES: Labrisomidae, Calliclinus, cirros nucales, taxonomía, Chile. ABSTRACTThe existence of fishes of the genus Calliclinus with less than three patches of nape cirri, produce systematic and taxonomic problems, mainly confussion with the genus Auchenionchus Gill, in which one of the diagnostic characteristics is to have two patches. The problem is analyzed on the basis of 543 specimens. The main conclusion is that both described taxa are valid, in spite of this problem.

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Synopsis of the tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces: Blenniidae)

Cited by 25 publications

References 3 publications

Extreme dentition does not prevent diet and tooth diversification within combtooth blennies (Ovalentaria: Blenniidae)

Extreme dentition does not prevent diet and tooth diversification within combtooth blennies (Ovalentaria: Blenniidae)

The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius

Problema en El Numero De Parches De Cirros Nucales en Peces Del Genero Calliclinus Gill 1860 (Osteichthyes, Labrisomidae)

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