Background Fish classifications, as those of most other taxonomic groups, are being
transformed drastically as new molecular phylogenies provide support for natural groups …

Ray‐finned fishes (A ctinopterygii) dominate modern aquatic ecosystems and are
represented by over 32000 extant species. The vast majority of living actinopterygians are …

Ray‐finned fishes (A ctinopterygii) constitute approximately half of all living vertebrate
species. A stable hypothesis of relationships among major modern lineages has emerged …

Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only
modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers …

Ray-finned fishes constitute the dominant radiation of vertebrates with over 32,000 species.
Although molecular phylogenetics has begun to disentangle major evolutionary …

The Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) is the largest and most diverse vertebrate group, but
little is agreed about the timing of its early evolution. Estimates using mitochondrial genomic …

The evolutionary history of osteichthyans (bony fishes plus tetrapods) extends back to the
Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period. However, these Silurian forms have been documented …

Over half of all vertebrates are “fishes”, which exhibit enormous diversity in morphology,
physiology, behavior, reproductive biology, and ecology. Investigation of fundamental areas …

This study presents the first comprehensive revision of 'pholidophoriform'fishes, which are a
key taxon for understanding the early diversification of teleost fish. Systematic revisions of …

Data partitioning, the combined phylogenetic analysis of homogeneous blocks of data, is a
common strategy used to accommodate heterogeneities in complex multilocus data sets …