Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Euteleostei - advanced teleosteans

After Johnson & Patterson, 1996

Alternative phylogeny of Euteleostei after Nelson, 1994

<==o Euteleostei
   |--+?- †Kermichthys
   |  |?- †Clupavus maroccanus U.Cret. NWAf.
   |  `--o Ostariophysi (“lohikarppikalat”)
   |     |--o Anotophysi (maitokalamaiset viuhkaeväiset)
   |     |  `-- Gonorynchiformes Berg, 1940 (milkfish and relatives; maitokalat)
   |     `--o Otophysi (särkikalamaiset viuhkaeväiset)
   |        |-- †Chanoides macropoma M. Eoc. Eu.
   |        `--+--o Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 [Cypriniphysi:] (särkikalat; carp-like fishes)
   |           |  |-- Cyprinioidea (särjensukuiset)
   |           |  `-- Cobitoidei (cobies and relatives; kivennuoliaisensukuiset)
   |           `--+-- Characiformes [Characiphysi:] (tetrafishes; tetrakalat)
   |              `--o Siluriphysi
   |                 |-- Siluriformes Cuvier, 1817 [Nematognathi] (monnikalat; catfishes)
   |                 `-- Gymnotiformes (Neotropical electric fishes (knifefishes); veitsikalat)
   `--o Euteleostei sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1996
      |?- †Avitosmerus canadensis Fielitz, 2002; U. Cret. NWNA.
      |?- †Pharmacichthys venenifer U.Cret. SWAs.
      |?- †Boltyshia brevicauda U.Paleoc. Eu. [Paleosocidae] [a salmoniform??]
      |?- †Erichalcis arcta ?U.Cret. NA.
      |?- †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 Bleeker, 1859 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
            |?- †Pyrenichthys Gayet & Lepicard, 1985
            `--+--o Stenopterygii
               |  |-- Ateleopodiformes (Jellynose fishes; nuijapääkalat)
               |  `-- Stomiiformes Regan, 1909 [Stomiatiformes] (kitakalat)
               `-- Eurypterygii Rosen, 1973

<==o Euteleostei
   |--o Ostariophysi
   |  |--o Anotophysi
   |  |  `-- Gonorynchiformes
   |  `--o Otophysi
   |     |?- †Chanoides macropoma M. Eoc. Eu.
   |     `--+--o Cypriniformes
   |        |  |-- Cyprinoidea
   |        |  `-- Cobioidea
   |        `--+-- Characiformes
   |           `--+-- Gymnotiformes
   |              `-- Siluriformes
   `--o Neognathi
      |?- †Pharmacichthys
      |?- †Boltyshia
      |?- †Gharbouria
      |-- Esociformes
      |-- Osmeriformes
      |-- Salmoniformes
      `--o Neoteleostei
         |?- †Pyrenichthys
         `--+--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.
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
• Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
  –Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088
• Fielitz, C., 2002: A new Late Cretaceous (Turonian) basal euteleostean fish from Lac des Bois of the Northwest Territories of Canada.
  –Canadian Journal of Earth Sciencies: Vol. 39, pp. 1579-1590
• 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.
  –Cretaceous Research: Vol. 30, pp. 1357-1366 [doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.005]
• 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.
  –Academic Press, San Diego, pp. xiii-496
• 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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        Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
  –Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968,
• Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
  –Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223
• Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
  –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600