Most marine fishes are members of the largest and most diverse class of vertebrates, the
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes). Ray-finned fishes account for more than half of all living …

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 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 …

Actinopterygii makes up half of living vertebrate diversity, and study of fossil members during
their Palaeozoic rise to dominance has a long history of descriptive work. Although research …

This study evaluates the phylogeny of ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii) combining most
available information (44 markers from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA and 274 …

Nelson's 'Fishes of the World'or just 'Nelson'has had a permanent place on every
ichthyologist's book shelf as the standard reference work for fish classification. When news …

South Australia is a large Australian state (~ 1,000,000 km 2) with diverse aquatic habitats
spread across temperate to arid environments. The knowledge of freshwater fishes in this …

A beautifully illustrated photographic identification guide to the common marine fish found
around Britain and Ireland—ideal for divers, snorkellers, and natural history enthusiasts Fish …

Ray‐finned fishes (A ctinopterygii) dominate modern aquatic ecosystems and are
represented by over 32000 extant species. The vast majority of living actinopterygians are …

The family accounts are treated as separate chapters and each is written by one or more
experts in that particular field. It has obviously not been possible to validate all of the …