Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts

Honoring Gloria Arratia Proceedings of the international symposium at the ASIH Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, 2007
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-89937-107-9
Verlag: Pfeil, F

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 245 mm

The origin and the phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts have been controversial subjects of interest ever since Greenwood et al. (1966) presented a revision of teleost phylogeny and Patterson (1973, 1977) proposed a relationship between teleosts and Amia (or Halecomorpha) and named the group Halecostomi. Many differing views exist on the fundamental problem of teleost origins and phylogeny (e. g., Olsen 1984, Nursall 1996, Gardiner et al. 1996, Arratia 1999, Inoue et al. 2003, and many others). Different taxa (Amia, Lepisosteus, Amia + Lepisosteus, †Pycnodontiformes, †Dapedium, †Pachycormiformes, and others) have been proposed as the sister group of teleosts. Tremendous advances have occurred in our knowledge of Halecostomi and in their major component the teleosts over the past 40 years, with many new key fossils having been studied (and many extant basal teleost clades having been traced back to the Jurassic in detailed studies by Arratia 1987, 1996, 2000). In addition to new fossils, a large number of new morphological characters have been incorporated in recent phylogenetic analyses, adding to our arsenal of approaches. However, as noted by Nelson (2006), there are still many areas of disagreement in teleost phylogeny.

In recent years, molecular characters are increasingly used for assessment of actinopterygian phylogeny, sometimes conflicting with morphological data. While potentially very numerous and powerful indicators of relationships, their greatest limitation is that only a few taxa (Acipenseriformes, Amia, Lepisosteidae – all three having been proposed as the sister group of teleosts in molecular studies) can be used in the molecular search for the closest relative of the teleosts. Recently, the validity of the Halecostomi, the Halecomorphi (Amia) + teleosts, has been questioned by morphological (Grande 2005, Hurley et al. 2007) and molecular (Kikugawa et al. 2004) investigations, and the old group Holostei, comprising the Halecomorpha and the Ginglymodi (e. g., Lepisosteus), is now thought by some investigators to be monophyletic after all.

Closely interwoven with the search for the sister group of teleosts is the question of interrelationships of basal teleosts. Both morphological studies (including new fossil taxa) and molecular studies have examined this question. Studies of Patterson (1977) and Patterson & Rosen (1977) placed the Osteoglossomorpha at the base of extant teleosts, a position given to Elopomorpha by Arratia (1991, 1996, 1999). Molecular analyses tend to agree with Patterson’s 1977 view (e. g., Inoue et al. 2003) or else they place both taxa as the sister group to all other teleosts (Lê et al. 1993) or in an unresolved relationship. Differing views exist also on the boundaries of the teleosts (explored, e. g., by Patterson & Rosen 1977, de Pinna 1996, and Arratia 2001). The names Teleocephala (of de Pinna 1996 for the crown group of all extant teleosts) and Teleosteomorpha (of Arratia 2001 for Teleostei s. str. and their closest relatives) have been proposed to variously recognize stem-based fossils of the Teleostei. These taxonomic names reflect the translation into classification of trees resulting from different levels of phylogenetic analyses.

Higher up the tree in the crown-group teleosts, Clupeomorpha and Ostariophysi have been considered by many to comprise a monophyletic group after Lê et al. (1993) and, especially, Lecointre & Nelson (1996). The resulting taxon was termed the Ostarioclupeomorpha by Arratia (1996) and the Otocephala by Johnson & Patterson (1996). This suggested relationship has not been accepted by all ichthyologists, but further testing of this hypothesis will come with new morphological and molecular data. As well as there being some uncertainty here, many other questions remain on relationships of higher teleosts, including percomorphs, providing fertile ground for investigation by ichthyologists in the future.

These questions were and are at the center of the research of Gloria Arratia. To recognize her contributions to the origin and phylogeny of teleosts, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) sponsored the symposium “Origin and phylogenetic interrelationships of teleosts” organized by the three editors of this volume and held at the Society’s annual meeting in St. Louis on 14 July 2007. At the same meeting, Gloria Arratia was honored with the Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award, 2007, for her contributions to systematic ichthyology. The present state of phylogenetic knowledge of the origin of teleosts and the interrelationships of teleost groups, key issues in fish systematics, based on both morphological (of extant and fossil taxa) and molecular data were presented. Progress employing the characters and taxa and in establishing databases (morphological and molecular) were also presented and evaluated from different perspectives by many contributors in the symposium. Most of the talks given at that meeting form the basis of the papers collected in this volume, together with three additional contributions. The editors and authors are pleased to dedicate this volume to Gloria Arratia in honor of her contributions and in the hope that its contents will assist and stimulate future research on the subjects that interest her most.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nelson, Joseph S

Schultze, Hans P

WILSON, Mark V

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 7-9
Acknowledgments 9
Joseph S. NELSON:

Gloria Arratia’s contribution to our understanding of lower teleostean phylogeny and classification 11-36
J. Ralph NURSALL:

The case for pycnodont fishes as the fossil sister-group of teleosts 37-60
Richard E. BROUGHTON:

Phylogeny of teleosts based on mitochondrial genome sequences 61-76
Ralf BRITZ and G. David JOHNSON:

Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 1: Non-teleosts 77-93
G. David JOHNSON and Ralf BRITZ:

Occipito-vertebral fusion in actinopterygians: conjecture, myth and reality. Part 2: Teleosts 95-110
Lionel CAVIN:

The Late Jurassic ray-finned fish peak of diversity: biological radiation or preservational bias? 111-121
E. O. WILEY and G. David JOHNSON:

A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups 123-182
Peter L. FOREY and John G. MAISEY:

Structure and relationships of †Brannerion (Albuloidei), an Early Cretaceous teleost from Brazil 183-218
Eric J. HILTON and Ralf BRITZ:

The caudal skeleton of osteoglossomorph fishes, revisited: comparisons, homologies, and characters 219-237
ZHANG JIANG-YONG:

Validity of the osteoglossomorph genus †Asiatolepis and a revision of †Asiatolepis muroii (†Lycoptera muroii) 239-249
Mário DE PINNA and Fábio DI DARIO:

The branchial arches of the primitive clupeomorph fish, Denticeps clupeoides, and their phylogenetic implication (Clupeiformes, Denticipitidae) 251-268
Francisco José POYATO-ARIZA, Terry GRANDE and Rui DIOGO:

General overview of fossil and Recent Gonorynchiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) 269-293
Kevin W. CONWAY, M. Vincent HIRT, Lei YANG, Richard L. MAYDEN and Andrew M. SIMONS:

Cypriniformes: systematics and paleontology 295-316
Maria Claudia MALABARBA and Luiz R. MALABARBA:

Biogeography of Characiformes: an evaluation of the available information of fossil and extant taxa 317-336
Dominique ADRIAENS, Jonathan N. BASKIN and Hendrik COPPENS:

Evolutionary morphology of trichomycterid catfishes: about hanging on and digging in 337-362
Jacob J. D. EGGE:

Systematics of ictalurid catfishes: a review of the evidence 363-378
Mark V. H. WILSON and Robert R. G. WILLIAMS:

Salmoniform fishes: key fossils, supertree, and possible morphological synapomorphies 379-409
Amanda BURDI and Terry GRANDE:

Morphological development of the axial skeletons of Esox lucius and Esox masquinongy (Euteleostei: Esociformes), with comparisons in developmental and mineralization rates 411-430
Matthew P. DAVIS:

Evolutionary relationships of the Aulopiformes (Euteleostei: Cyclosquamata): a molecular and total evidence approach 431-470
Irma VILA, Sergio SCOTT, Natalia LAM, Patricia ITURRA and Marco A. MÉNDEZ:

Karyological and morphological analysis of divergence among species of the killifish genus Orestias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) from the southern Altiplano 471-480