Phylogenetic relationships among genera and families of Siluriformes using ultraconserved elements

• Grant number: 21/12979-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2022
• End date: December 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Claudio de Oliveira
• Grantee: Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/13433-6 - Phylogeny and molecular identification of fishes of the superorder Ostariophysi (Chordata: Actinopterygii) using genomic approaches, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/13025-0 - Molecular phylogeny of Siluroidei using the ultraconserved elements, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Ostariophysi is one of the largest fish superorders, formed almost exclusively by freshwater species, with about 95 families, about 1,500 genera and 11,000 species, thus containing approximately 30% of the known fish species in the world and almost 70 % of freshwater species. Ostariophysi are present all over the world, except in Antarctica, where only fossils are known. Despite the great richness of species and, therefore, their great scientific and economic importance, there are still many problems in identifying species and in understanding the relationships between the internal groups of the superorder (and consequently in their classification), as well as doubts in their processes of diversification and historical biogeography, which need to be addressed with modern and resolute methodologies. The phylogenetic relationships of Siluriformes families and genera, which account for about 40% of all Ostariophysi, are still poorly known. Considering that there are many issues still to be resolved in Siluriformes and within Ostariophysi, the three main objectives of this project are: (1) to identify, from a molecular point of view, all taxons to be studied in Siluriformes through the DNA barcode approach; (2) test the monophyly of Siluriformes and its position in Ostariophysi; and (3) establish the phylogenetic relationships between the families that make up the Siluriformes order and between their respective genera based on phylogenomic analyzes using sequences of ultra-conserved elements. To address the issue of molecular identification of all specimens to be analyzed, we are proposing the complete sequencing of their mitochondrial DNAs, which will allow the creation of a large database, which can be used in the future in many DNA barcode projects (identification molecular), projects with ecological objectives (environmental DNA), regulation and control of species (forensic DNA) and for the elaboration of mitochondrial phylogenies. To address questions about the relationships between groups (phylogenies) and their processes of diversification (macroevolution) and historical biogeography, markers called Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs) will be used. (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)

CRISPIM-RODRIGUES, JEFFERSON L.; BERNT, MAXWELL J.; WALTZ, BRANDON T.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; BENINE, RICARDO C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; COVAIN, RAPHAEL; ROXO, FABIO F.. A new species of mailed catfish of genus Rhadinoloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Rio Negro basin, Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 103, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2023-05-11. (22/13025-0, 21/12979-8)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROCHA, MARCELO S.; MELO, BRUNO F.; REIA, LAIS; ROXO, FABIO F.; SABAJ, MARK H.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae with focus on the genus Pimelodus support the recognition of Sorubiminae and Pimelodinae (Teleostei, Siluriformes). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 53, n. 5, p. 14-pg., 2024-06-08. (21/12979-8, 20/13433-6, 16/11313-8, 23/09902-9, 22/13025-0, 14/26508-3)

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; CASTRO, ITHALO S.. New species of Phenacorhamdia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Xingu River basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 20, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2022-01-01. (21/12979-8)

SILVA, G. A. B. R. I. E. L. S. C.; REIA, L. A. I. S.; MORIMOTO, C. E. S. A. R. K.; BENINE, R. I. C. A. R. D. O. C.; OLIVEIRA, C. L. A. U. D. I. O.. Integrative taxonomy of Imparfinis (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from the Upper Parana River basin, Brazil, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, v. 5249, n. 3, p. 21-pg., 2023-03-02. (16/09204-6, 21/12979-8, 14/26508-3, 18/20610-1)

SILVA, GUILHERME JOS DA COSTA; DA COSTA E SILVA, GABRIEL DE SOUZA; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. A new species of spiny Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Rio Paraiba do Sul basin and costal rivers from Rio de Janeiro State. Zootaxa, v. 5175, n. 2, p. 8-pg., 2022-08-16. (16/09204-6, 21/12979-8, 18/20610-1, 20/13433-6, 14/26508-3)

CRISPIM-RODRIGUES, JEFFERSON LUAN; DA COSTA E SILVA, GABRIEL DE SOUZA; SHIBATTA, OSCAR AKIO; KURANAKA, MARIANA; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Description and phylogenetic position of a new species of Rhyacoglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Jamanxim River basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 21, n. 3, p. 15-pg., 2023-01-01. (20/13433-6, 22/13025-0, 21/12979-8)

SILVA, GABRIEL DE SOUZA DA COSTA E; SABAJ, MARK HENRY; DE CARVALHO, KAYLANE RODRIGUES; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Integrative Taxonomy Reveals a New Species of Imparfinis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Upper Xingu River Basin. ICHTHYOLOGY AND HERPETOLOGY, v. 113, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2025-04-01. (21/12979-8, 20/13433-6, 22/13025-0)