Despite expanding research on the popular recreational fishery, bonefish taxonomy remains
murky. The genus Albula, comprising these iconic circumtropical marine sportfishes, has a …

Trichomycteridae is the second most diverse family of the order Siluriformes, its members
are widely distributed through the freshwaters of Central and South America, exhibiting an …

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 subclass Teleostei Müller was erected in 1845 to contain all fishes possessing
intermuscular bones (eg, epineurals and epipleurals) and two arterial valves (in the conus …

ABSTRACT A study including morphological characters and mitogenomics of South
American and Australian fishes previously assigned to Percichthyidae was conducted …

Fish skulls are often highly kinetic, with multiple linkage and lever systems powered by a
diverse suite of muscles. Comparative analysis of the evolution of soft-tissue structures in the …

A comprehensive phylogeny of species relationships of the Auchenipteridae is
reconstructed here with a large-scale taxon sampling based on combined morphological …

Background The facial musculature is a remarkable anatomical complex involved in vital
activities of fishes, such as food capture and gill ventilation. The evolution of the facial …

Elopomorpha is one of the three main clades of living teleost fishes and includes a range of
disparate lineages including eels, tarpons, bonefishes, and halosaurs. Elopomorphs were …

We advance on the knowledge of Eigenmanniinae by proposing a hypothesis of
phylogenetic relationships based on the parsimony analysis of a diverse set of 144 …