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 …

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

The evolutionary history of hearing is a rich and fascinating pageant. The inner ear and the
closely related mechanosensory lateral line show a tremendous diversity among living and …

Ray-finned fishes make up half of all living vertebrate species. Nearly all ray-finned fishes
are teleosts, which include most commercially important fish species, several model …

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 …

Migration, broadly defined as directional movement to take advantage of spatially distributed
resources, is a dramatic behaviour and an important component of many life histories that …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

One hundred and eighteen major groups of teleost fishes are recognized as monophyletic
on the basis of morphological synapomorphies. One hundred and twelve are formally …

Considerable research efforts have focused on elucidating the systematic relationships
among salmonid fishes; an understanding of these patterns of relatedness will inform …

The galaxioid fishes are the dominant, most speciose group of freshwater fishes (with> 50
species) in the lands of the cool southern hemisphere, with representatives in western and …