The family Labridae (including scarines and odacines) contains 82 genera and about 600
species of fishes that inhabit coastal and continental shelf waters in tropical and temperate …

Nests are built by a wide variety of animals as functional receptacles for develo** eggs
and offspring, and they play a critical role in the reproductive biology of many species …

We synthesize the evolutionary implications of recent advances in the fields of
phylogeography, biogeography and palaeogeography for shallow‐water marine species …

The marine tropics contain five major biogeographic regions (East Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
Ocean, Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA) and Central Pacific). These regions are separated …

Halichoeres is a widely distributed coral reef fish genus with high levels of biodiversity in
both the Indo-Pacific and New World tropics. This study employed molecular phylogenetic …

We examined the relationship between pelagic larval duration (PLD)—a predictor of a
species' dispersal potential—and the geographic distribution range of 62 Mediterranean …

Adaptive radiation is usually triggered by ecological opportunity, arising through (i) the
colonization of a new habitat by its progenitor;(ii) the extinction of competitors; or (iii) the …

We estimated ages of divergence between major labrid tribes and the timing of the evolution
of trophic novelty. Sequence data for 101 labrid taxa and 14 outgroups consisting of two …

The Labridae is one of the most structurally and functionally diversified fish families on coral
and rocky reefs around the world, providing a compelling system for examination of …

Phylogenetic relationships among angelfishes (Pomacanthidae) and their putative sister
taxon, the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae), were examined using 12S and 16S …