Model-based total evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes)

Author(s)

Tagliacollo, Victor A. ^{[1, 2]} ; Bernt, Maxwell J. ^[1] ; Craig, Jack M. ^[1] ; Oliveira, Claudio ^[2] ; Albert, James S. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Louisiana Lafayette, Dept Biol, Lafayette, LA 70504 - USA

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias Botucatu, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution; v. 95, p. 20-33, FEB 2016.
• Web of Science Citations: 40

Abstract

This study provides the most comprehensive Model-Based Total Evidence (MBTE) phylogenetic analyses of the Glade Gymnotiformes to date, reappraising relationships using a dataset comprised of six genes (5277 bp) and 223 morphological characters, and an ingroup taxon sample including 120 of 212 valid species representing 34 of the 35 extant genera. Our MBTE analyses indicate the two main gymnotiform clades are Gymnotidae and Sternopygoidei, the latter comprised of Rhamphichthyoidea (Rhamphichthyidae + Hypopomidae) and Sinusoidea (Sternopygidae + Apteronotidae). Within Gymnotidae, Electrophorus and Gymnotus are sister taxa, and Gymnotus includes the following six clades: (i) G. pantherinus Glade, (ii) G. coatesi Glade, (iii) G. anguillaris Glade, (iv) G. tigre Glade, (v) G. cylindricus Glade, and (vi) G. carapo Glade. Within Rhamphichthyoidea, Steatogenae (Steatogenys + Hypopygus) is a member of Rhamphichthyidae, and Hypopomidae includes the following clades: (i) Akawaio, (ii) Hypopomus, (iii) Microsternarchini, and (iv) Brachyhypopomus. Within Sternopygidae, Sternopygus and Eigenmanninae are sister groups, Rhabdolichops is the sister to other Eigenmanninae, Archolaemus + Distocyclus is the sister to Eigenmannia, and Japigny is nested within Eigenmannia. Within Apteronotidae, Sternarchorhamphinae (Sternarchorhamphus + Orthosternarchus) is the sister to Apteronotinae, Adontosternarchus is the sister group to other Apteronotinae, Sternarchorhynchini (Sternarchorhynchus + Platyurosternarchus) is the sister to Navajini, and species assigned to Apteronotus are members of two separate clades: (i) A. sensu stricto in the Apteronotini, and (ii) the ``A.{''} bonapartii Glade in the Navajini. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/09990-0 - Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apteronotidae (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes)
• Grantee: Victor Alberto Tagliacollo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate