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 …

The biogeography of the mega-diverse, freshwater, and globally distributed Otophysi has
received considerable attention. This attraction largely stems from assumptions as to their …

This review summarizes the achievements and novel perspectives that our fish
mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) project has brought to molecular phylogenetics and …

Aim To present a new hypothetical history of the otophysan fishes. Location World‐wide.
Methods Utilization of recent information about otophysan phylogeny, palaeontology …

Although the order Gonorynchiformes includes only 31 species assigned to seven genera
and four families, it exhibits a large variety of anatomical structures, making difficult the …

Over half of all vertebrates are “fishes”, which exhibit enormous diversity in morphology,
physiology, behavior, reproductive biology, and ecology. Investigation of fundamental areas …

Ostariophysi is a superorder of bony fishes including more than 10,300 species in 1100
genera and 70 families. This superorder is traditionally divided into five major groups …

Ostariophysi is the second largest superorder within Teleostei. It contains five orders:
Gonorynchiformes, Cypriniformes, Characiformes, Siluriformes, and Gymnotiformes …

We examined the phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of otophysan fishes
(Cypriniformes, Characiformes, Siluroidei, and Gymnotoidei) using a combined analysis of …

Recent mitogenomic studies suggest a new position for the deep-sea fishes of the order
Alepocephaliformes, placing them within the Otocephala in contrast to their traditional …