The emergence of a new phylogeny of ray-finned fishes at the turn of the twenty-first century
marked a paradigm shift in understanding the evolutionary history of half of living …

Bony fishes are the principal group of backboned animals in contemporary aquatic settings.
Extant species are the focus of a vigorous program of macroevolutionary research, but …

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

Evolutionary innovations are scattered throughout the tree of life, and have allowed the
organisms that possess them to occupy novel adaptive zones. While the impacts of these …

Background Seahorses, seadragons, pygmy pipehorses, and pipefishes (Syngnathidae,
Syngnathiformes) are among the most recognizable groups of fishes because of their …

Diversity of feeding mechanisms is a hallmark of reef fishes, but the history of this variation is
not fully understood. Here, we explore the emergence and proliferation of a biting mode of …

Deep‐sea fishes have long captured our imagination with striking adaptations to life in the
mysterious abyss, raising the possibility that this cold, dark ocean region may be a key hub …

Microplastic (MP) pollution in the marine environment is a worldwide issue. There is growing
concern of consuming MPs through fish, yet the contamination status of fish collected from …

Repeatable, convergent outcomes are prima facie evidence for determinism in evolutionary
processes. Among fishes, well-known examples include microevolutionary habitat …

Colonization of a novel habitat is often followed by phenotypic diversification in the wake of
ecological opportunity. However, some habitats should be inherently more constraining than …