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 …

Spiny-rayed fishes (Acanthomorpha) dominate modern marine habitats and account for
more than a quarter of all living vertebrate species. Previous time-calibrated phylogenies …

Classification of the tremendous diversity of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) began with the
designation of taxonomic groups on the basis of morphological similarity. Starting in the late …

Gobioidei is one of the largest suborders of teleost fishes, with nearly 2000 extant species
currently recognized. They have a worldwide distribution and show a spectacular variety in …

Widespread fish clades that occur mainly or exclusively in fresh water represent a key target
of biogeographical investigation due to limited potential for crossing marine barriers …

The Afrotropics house a diverse freshwater ichthyofauna with> 3000 species, almost all of
which are endemic. Recent progress in dated phylogenetics and palaeontology of several …

Gobies, sleepers, and cardinalfishes represent major clades of a species rich radiation of
small bodied, ecologically diverse percomorphs (Gobiaria). Molecular phylogenetics has …

Analyses of phylogenetic topology and estimates of divergence timing have facilitated a
reconstruction of Madagascar's colonization events by vertebrate animals, but that …

Paleobiotic assemblages from the Deccan infra-and intertrappean beds are reviewed in
great detail. Three distinct paleoenvironments (fluvio-lacustrine/terrestrial, brackish water …

Gobies (Gobiidae sensu Gill & Mooi,) are one of the most diverse families of vertebrates, and
comprise over 1700 species of marine, brackish and freshwater fishes. Phylogenetic studies …