The Afrotropics house a diverse freshwater ichthyofauna with> 3000 species, almost all of
which are endemic. Recent progress in dated phylogenetics and palaeontology of several …

Aim To combine a time‐calibrated phylogeny with distributional, fossil and
geomorphological data to infer the patterns of lineage origins and biogeography among …

Gobies, sleepers, and cardinalfishes represent major clades of a species rich radiation of
small bodied, ecologically diverse percomorphs (Gobiaria). Molecular phylogenetics has …

Background Quantifying morphological diversity across taxa can provide valuable insight
into evolutionary processes, yet its complexities can make it difficult to identify appropriate …

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 use of genome-scale data to infer phylogenetic relationships has gained in popularity in
recent years due to the progress made in target-gene capture and sequencing techniques …

The percomorph fish clade Gobiiformes is a worldwide, tropical and temperate radiation with
species occupying nearly all aquatic, and some semi-terrestrial, habitats. Early molecular …

Invasive species may quickly colonize novel environments, which could be attributed to both
phenotypic plasticity and an ability to locally adapt. Reproductive traits are expected to be …

Abstract Background The Pleistocene closure of Isthmus of Panama, separating the basins
of the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea, created a unique natural experiment that …

Fish communities on tropical deep reefs are dominated by species that belong to families
primarily composed of shallow-water species. Collections of deep-reef fishes via …