[HTML][HTML] Digital Zooarchaeology: State of the art, challenges, prospects and synergies

A Spyrou, G Nobles, A Hadjikoumis, A Evin… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Digital technologies are an increasingly pervasive medium for zooarchaeological
scholarship, providing a means to document and preserve fragile zooarchaeological …

Phylogenomics of piranhas and pacus (Serrasalmidae) uncovers how dietary convergence and parallelism obfuscate traditional morphological taxonomy

MA Kolmann, LC Hughes, LP Hernandez… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Amazon and neighboring South American river basins harbor the world's most
diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes. One of the most prominent South American fish …

True grit? Comparative anatomy and evolution of gizzards in fishes

SD Arnette, LE Simonitis, JP Egan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gut morphology frequently reflects the food organisms digest. Gizzards are organs of the gut
found in archosaurs and fishes that mechanically reduce food to aid digestion. Gizzards are …

Ecological and phenotypic diversification after a continental invasion in Neotropical freshwater stingrays

MA Kolmann, FPL Marques, JC Weaver… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Habitat transitions are key potential explanations for why some lineages have diversified
and others have not—from Anolis lizards to Darwin's finches. The ecological ramifications of …

Comparative analysis of growth performance, pharyngeal teeth and intestinal traits in F1 hybrids of female Megalobrama amblycephala× male Culter mongolicus

F Hu, H Zhong, P Yu, J Fan, C Wu, S Wang, D Gong… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Aquaculture provides approximately 78% of the fish consumed by humans in China.
However, the characters of fish cultivars have different deficiencies, and degradation is …

Phenotypic convergence is stronger and more frequent in herbivorous fishes

MA Kolmann, E Poulin, J Rosen… - Integrative and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Constraints on phenotypic evolution can lead to patterns of convergent evolution, by limiting
the “pool” of potential phenotypes in the face of endogenous (functional, developmental) or …

Adaptation to herbivory and detritivory drives the convergent evolution of large abdominal cavities in a diverse freshwater fish radiation (Otophysi: Characiformes)

MD Burns - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Convergent evolution is often interpreted as evidence of natural selection favoring an
optimal phenotype during adaptation. Morphological convergence is frequently found …

Dine and dash: how trophic ecology and migration shape functional locomotory traits in clupeiform fishes

DL Finnegan, JP Egan, DD Bloom - Biological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding how interactions between multiple selective forces influence traits at the
macroevolutionary scale is key to understanding adaptive landscapes. Diadromy, an …

Pelagic zone is an evolutionary catalyst, but an ecological dead end, for North American minnows

ED Burress, PB Hart - Evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The colonization of a novel geographic area is a classic source of ecological opportunity.
Likewise, complex microhabitats are thought to promote biodiversity. We sought to reconcile …

The Silverjaw Minnow, Ericymba buccata: An Extraordinary Lateral Line System and its Contribution to Prey Detection

AE Jones, A Maia, KW Conway… - … and Comparative Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Fishes use their mechanosensory lateral line (LL) system to detect local water flows in
different behavioral contexts, including the detection of prey. The LL system is comprised of …