Actinopterygii (ray‐finned fishes) and E lasmobranchii (sharks, skates and rays) represent
more than half of today's vertebrate taxic diversity (approximately 33000 species) and form …

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

Despite the impressive increase in the cloning and expression of genes encoding fish
immunoregulatory molecules, the knowledge on “in vivo” and “in vitro” functional …

The tree of life of fishes is in a state of flux because we still lack a comprehensive phylogeny
that includes all major groups. The situation is most critical for a large clade of spiny-finned …

Catfish represent 12% of teleost or 6.3% of all vertebrate species, and are of enormous
economic value. Here we report a high-quality reference genome sequence of channel …

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 …

The family-group names of animals (superfamily, family, subfamily, supertribe, tribe and
subtribe) are regulated by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Family names …

The precise number of extant fish species remains to be determined. About 28,900 species
were listed in FishBase in 2005, but some experts feel that the final total may be …

Abstract The Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae is the fifth most species-rich vertebrate
family on Earth, with over 800 valid species. The Hypostominae is its most species-rich …

Background Freshwater harbors approximately 12,000 fish species accounting for 43% of
the diversity of all modern fish. A single ancestral lineage evolved into about two-thirds of …