Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Euteleostei - advanced teleosteans

After Johnson & Patterson, 1996

Alternative phylogeny of Euteleostei after Nelson, 1994

<==o Euteleostei
   |--+?- †Kermichthys
   |  `--o Ostariophysi Rosen & Greenwood, 1970 (“lohikarppikalat”)
   |     |?- †Tischlingerichthys viohli Arratia, 1997
   |     |--o Anotophysi (maitokalamaiset viuhkaeväiset)
   |     |  `-- Gonorynchiformes (maitokalat: milkfish-like fishes)
   |     `--o Otophysi Fink & Fink, 1996 (särkikalamaiset viuhkaeväiset)
   |        |?- †Chanoides macropoma (Agassiz, 1843) Woodward, 1901 [Clupea macropoma Agassiz, 1843] M.Eoc. Eu.
   |        |?- †Nardonoides chardoni (Taverne, 2005) Mayrinck, Brito & Otero, 2014 [Chanoides chardoni Taverne, 2005] M.Eoc. Eu.
   |        |?-o †Clupavidae Bertin & Arambourg, 1958 sensu Cavin, 1999
   |        |  |--o †Clupavus Arambourg, 1950; L.Jur.-E.Cret. Eu., Cret. Af. NAm. [a pachycormiform (Sepkoski, 2002) or a clupeiform (Taverne, 1977)?]
   |        |  |  |-- †C. neocomiensis (Bassani, 1879)
   |        |  |  |-- †C. formosus (Traquair, 1911)
   |        |  |  |-- †C. brevis (Traquair, 1911)
   |        |  |  |-- †C. congolensis (Arambourg & Schneegans, 1935)
   |        |  |  |-- †C. longicaudatus Casier, 1961
   |        |  |  |-- †C. yamangaensis Casier, 1961
   |        |  |  |-- †C. casieri Taverne, 1969
   |        |  |  |-- †C. maroccanus (Taverne, 1973)
   |        |  |  `-- †C. brasiliensis Silva Santos, 1985
   |        |  `--o †Lusitanichthys Gayet, 1981
   |        |     |-- †L. characiformis Gayet, 1981
   |        |     `-- †L. africanus Cavin, 1999
   |        `--+--o Cypriniformes [Cypriniphysi:] (särkikalat; carp-like fishes)
   |           |  |-- Cyprinoidea (särjensukuiset)
   |           |  `-- Cobioidea (loaches and relatives; kivennuoliaisensukuiset)
   |           `--o Characiphysae
   |              |-- Characiformes [Characiphysi:] (tetrafishes; tetrakalat)
   |              `--o Siluriphysi
   |                 |-- Siluriformes [Nematognathi] (monnikalat; catfishes)
   |                 `-- Gymnotiformes (veitsikalat: knifefishes)
   `--o Euteleostei Greenwood, Myers, Rosen & Weitzman, 1967 sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996 [Euteleosteomorpha Betancur-R et al., 2013]
      |?- †Avitosmerus canadensis Fielitz, 2002; U. Cret. NWNA.
      |?- †Pharmacichthys venenifer U. Cret. SWAs.
      |?- †Boltyshia brevicauda U. Paleoc. Eu. [Paleosocidae] [a salmoniform??]
      |?- †Gharbouria libanica U. Cret. SWAs. [a salmoniform??]
      |?- †Santanasalmo elegans Gallo, de Figueiredo & Azevedo, 2009; L.Cret. NESAm.
      |?-o †Orthogonikleithridae
      |  |--o †Leptolepides U. Jur. Eu.
      |  |  `-- †L. sprattiformis
      |  `--o †Orthogonikleithrus U. Jur. Eu.
      |     `-- †O. leichi
      |--o Protacanthopterygii sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996
      |  |--o Argentiniformes sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996 [Argentinoidei sensu Nelson, 1994] (hopeakuorrekalat)
      |  |  |?- †Pattersonellidae
      |  |  |-- Argentinoidea (hopeakuorreensukuiset)
      |  |  `-- Alepocephaloidea (silokuorreensukuiset)
      |  `--o Salmoniformes sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996
      |     |-- Osmeroidei sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996 [Osmeriformes sensu Nelson, 1994] (kuorrekalat; smelt-like fishes) [paraphyletic?]
      |     `-- Salmonoidei sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996 [Salmoniformes sensu Nelson, 1994] (lohikalat; salmon-like fishes)
      `--o Neognathi
         |-- Esociformes (haukikalat; pikefishes)
         `--o Neoteleostei Rosen, 1973
            |?- †Pyrenichthys
            `--+--o Stenopterygii
               |  |-- Ateleopodiformes (nuijapääkalat)
               |  `-- Stomiiformes [Stomiatiformes] (kitakalat)
               `-- Eurypterygii [Eurypterygia Betancur-R et al., 2013]

<==o Teleostei
   |-- Elopomorpha
   `--o Osteoglossocephalai
      |-- Osteoglossomorpha
      `--o Clupeocephala
         |--o Otomorpha
         |  |-- Clupeiformes
         |  `--+-- Alepocephaliformes
         |     `--o Ostariophysi
         |        |-- Gonorynchiformes
         |        `--o Otophysa
         |           `--+-- Cypriniformes
         |              `--+-- Gymnotiformes
         |                 `--+-- Characiformes
         |                    `-- Siluriformes
         `--o Euteleosteomorpha
            |-- Lepidogalaxias [Lepidogalaxii: Lepidogalaxiiformes]
            `--+--+--o Stomiatii
               |  |  |-- Osmeriformes
               |  |  `-- Stomiiformes
               |  `--o Protacanthopterygii
               |     |-- Argentiniformes
               |     `--+-- Galaxias [Galaxiiformes]
               |        `--+-- Esociformes
               |           `-- Salmoniformes
               `--o Neoteleostei
                  |-- Ateleopodiformes
                  `-- Eurypterygia

<==o Euteleostei
   |--o Ostariophysi
   |  |--o Anotophysi
   |  |  `-- Gonorynchiformes
   |  `--o Otophysi
   |     |-- Cypriniformes
   |     `--+-- Characiformes
   |        `--+-- Gymnotiformes
   |           `-- Siluriformes
   `--o Neognathi
      |-- Esociformes
      |-- Osmeriformes
      |-- Salmoniformes
      `--o Neoteleostei
         |--o Stenopterygii
         |  |-- Ateleopodiformes
         |  `-- Stomiiformes
         `-- Eurypterygii

Reference(s):

• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
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  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• Cavin, L., 1999: A new clupavidae (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) from the Cenomanian of Daoura (Morocco).
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• Fielitz, C., 2002: A new Late Cretaceous (Turonian) basal euteleostean fish from Lac des Bois of the Northwest Territories of Canada.
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• Gallo, V., de Figueiredo, F. J. & Azevedo, S. A., 2009: Santanasalmo elegans gen. et sp. nov., a basal euteleostean fish from the Lower Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil.
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• Johnson, G. D. & Patterson, C., 1996: Relationships of lower euteleostean fishes. 251-332
  in Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, L. R. & Johnson, G. D., 1996: Interrelationships of fishes.
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• Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
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• Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
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• Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
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• Taverne, L., 1977: Ostéologie de Clupavus maroccanus (Crétacé supérieur du Maroc) et considérations sur la position systématique et les relations des Clupavidae au sein de l'ordre des Clupéiformes sensu stricto (Pisces, Teleostei).
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