Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the Loricarioidea superfamily

• Grant number: 15/00691-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: November 05, 2015
• End date: November 04, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Claudio de Oliveira
• Grantee: Fábio Fernandes Roxo
• Supervisor: Michael E. Alfaro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/05051-5 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the superfamily Loricarioidea, BP.PD

Abstract

The Loricarioidea is the largest monophyletic group of catfishes endemic to the Neotropics with about 1,412 valid species assigned to six family-level taxa; Astroblepidae (61 species), Callichthyidae (200 species), Loricariidae (870 species), Nematogenyidae (1 species), Scoloplacidae (6 species) and Trichomycteridae (273 species). Loricarioid fishes are widely distributed throughout freshwater habitats in tropical South America and southern Central America. In addition to their exceptional species richness, loricarioids exhibit an wide range of morphological, physiological and ecological specializations, occupying many habitats and trophic levels, including obligate herbivores, parasites (Vandelia) and the only known wood-eating fish species (Panaque). The sucker-shaped mouth and spoon-shaped teeth morphologies of loricariids allows many species to forage on algae and cling to substrate surfaces, and astroblepids even have the ability to climb waterfalls. The great diversity of loricarioid fishes provides abundant materials for the study of fundamental questions in evolution and ecology: What intrinsic organismal and external environmental factors promoted or restricted diversification within loricarioid clades? Why do some clades have such high species richness (as Loricariidae with 870 species) whereas other clades have such low diversity (as Nematogenyidae with 1 species, or Scoloplacidae with 6 species)? How can a dozen or more species from a single subfamily, all with seemingly equivalent ecological requirements in terms of habitat and food resources, coexist sympatrically within a single river system? Therefore, we propose to combine the intellectual and genetic resources of researchers in the US and in Brazil to reconstruct the phylogeny of Loricarioidea, assessing the most species-dense taxon sampling of these groups to date to study the diversification dynamics and understand the distributions of species and ecosystems in light of Earth history processes that shape landscape evolution. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZOOKEYS, n. 598, p. 129-157, 2016. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/06853-8, 14/05051-5)

ROXO, FABIO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajos basin. ZOOKEYS, n. 634, p. 125-136, 2016. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

OCHOA, LUZ E.; DATOVO, ALESSIO; DONASCIMIENTO, CARLOS; ROXO, FABIO F.; SABAJ, MARK H.; CHANG, JONATHAN; MELO, BRUNO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; ALFARO, MICHAEL; et al. Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, FEB 14 2020. (15/13382-4, 14/06853-8, 14/26508-3, 16/11313-8, 15/00691-9, 16/19075-9, 14/05051-5)

MATEUSSI, NADAYCA T. B.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OTA, RAFAELA P.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 153, DEC 2020. (15/00691-9, 14/06853-8, 18/23883-9, 18/24040-5, 16/11313-8, 16/09204-6, 18/20610-1, 14/05051-5, 14/26508-3)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; MELO, BRUNO F.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; SHIBATTA, OSCAR A.; SABAJ, MARK H.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. hylogenomics of the bumblebee catfishes (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) using ultraconserved element. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 59, n. 8, JUL 2021. (16/11313-8, 15/00691-9, 14/26508-3, 16/19075-9)

ZAWADZKI, CLAUDIO H.; ROXO, FABIO F.; DA GRACA, WEFERSON J.. Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivai basin, upper rio Parana system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, v. 26, n. 4, p. 373-383, MAR 2016. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OYAKAWA, OSVALDO T.. Description of a new species of Pareiorhina (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Sao Francisco basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4107, n. 3, p. 381-391, MAY 3 2016. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

OCHOA, LUZ E.; ROXO, FABIO F.; DONASCIMIENTO, CARLOS; SABAJ, MARK H.; DATOVO, ALESSI; ALFARO, MICHAEL; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Multilocus analysis of the catfish family Trichomycteridae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) supporting a monophyletic Trichomycterinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 115, p. 71-81, OCT 2017. (15/13382-4, 14/06853-8, 14/26508-3, 15/00691-9, 10/17009-2, 14/05051-5)

ROXO, FABIO F.; DIAS, ANGELICA C.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Two new species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4341, n. 2, p. 258-270, OCT 31 2017. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; COVAIN, RAPHAEL; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; ROXO, FABIO F.. Description of two new species of Lithoxus (Hypostominae: Loricariidae) from rio Jari and rio Amapa basins, Brazilian Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, v. 4347, n. 1, p. 151-168, NOV 10 2017. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; BOCKMANN, FLAVIO A.; SABAJ, MARK H.; JEREP, FERNANDO C.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; BENINE, RICARDO C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 50, n. 5, p. 543-554, SEP 2021. (14/26508-3, 16/11313-8, 15/00691-9, 16/19075-9)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Description of a new catfish genus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Tocantins River basin in central Brazil, with comments on the historical zoogeography of the new taxon. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 598, p. 29-pg., 2016-01-01. (12/01622-2, 14/06853-8, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

ROXO, FABIO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajos basin. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 634, p. 12-pg., 2016-01-01. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5, 12/01622-2)

MELO, BRUNO F.; SIDLAUSKAS, BRIAN L.; NEAR, THOMAS J.; ROXO, FABIO F.; GHEZELAYAGH, AVA; OCHOA, LUZ E.; STIASSNY, MELANIE L. J.; ARROYAVE, JAIRO; CHANG, JONATHAN; FAIRCLOTH, BRANT C.; et al. ccelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishe. Systematic Biology, v. 71, n. 1, p. 78-92, JAN 2022. (14/06853-8, 14/05051-5, 18/24040-5, 15/00691-9, 16/11313-8, 18/23883-9, 14/26508-3)

ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; SABAJ, MARK H.; LUJAN, NATHAN K.; COVAIN, RAPHAEL; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; MELO, BRUNO F.; ALBERT, JAMES S.; CHANG, JONATHAN; FORESTI, FAUSTO; et al. Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 135, p. 148-165, JUN 2019. (12/01622-2, 14/06853-8, 14/26508-3, 16/11313-8, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

ROXO, FABIO F.; LUJAN, NATHAN K.; TAGLIACOLLO, VICTOR A.; WALTZ, BRANDON T.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; ALBERT, JAMES S.. Shift from slow- to fast-water habitats accelerates lineage and phenotype evolution in a clade of Neotropical suckermouth catfishes (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae). PLoS One, v. 12, n. 6, JUN 7 2017. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

SOUZA, CAMILA S.; COSTA-SILVA, GUILHERME J.; ROXO, FABIO F.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Genetic and Morphological Analyses Demonstrate That Schizolecis guntheri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Is Likely to Be a Species Complex. FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, v. 9, MAR 2 2018. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

ROXO, FABIO F.; MELO, BRUNO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4232, n. 2, p. 260-270, FEB 16 2017. (15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

MELO, BRUNO F.; SIDLAUSKAS, BRIAN L.; NEAR, THOMAS J.; ROXO, FABIO F.; GHEZELAYAGH, AVA; OCHOA, LUZ E.; STIASSNY, MELANIE L. J.; ARROYAVE, JAIRO; CHANG, JONATHAN; FAIRCLOTH, BRANT C.; et al. ccelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishe. Systematic Biology, v. 71, n. 1, p. 78-92, DEC 16 2021. (14/05051-5, 16/11313-8, 15/00691-9, 18/24040-5, 18/23883-9, 14/26508-3, 14/06853-8)

ROXO, FABIO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ZAWADZKI, CLAUDIO H.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Neoplecostomus canastra, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) species from upper Rio Parana basin. Zootaxa, v. 4294, n. 2, p. 226-240, JUL 18 2017. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, v. 4175, n. 3, p. 281-291, OCT 14 2016. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/26508-3, 14/05051-5)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; REIA, LAIS; ZAWADZKI, CLAUDIO H.; ROXO, FABIO F.. New species of Neoplecostomus (Neoplecostomini: Loricariidae) lacking adipose fin from upper Rio Parana basin, central Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4544, n. 1, p. 93-102, JAN 10 2019. (15/00691-9)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; LUJAN, NATHAN K.; TAGLIACOLLO, VICTOR A.; ZAWADZKI, CLAUDIO H.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Transcontinental dispersal, ecological opportunity and origins of an adaptive radiation in the Neotropical catfish genus Hypostomus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Molecular Ecology, v. 25, n. 7, p. 1511-1529, APR 2016. (12/01622-2, 15/00691-9, 14/05051-5)