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Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements

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Roxo, Fabio F. [1, 2] ; Ochoa, Luz E. [1] ; Sabaj, Mark H. [3] ; Lujan, Nathan K. [4, 5] ; Covain, Raphael [6] ; Silva, Gabriel S. C. [1] ; Melo, Bruno F. [1, 7] ; Albert, James S. [8] ; Chang, Jonathan [9] ; Foresti, Fausto [1] ; Alfaro, Michael E. [9] ; Oliveira, Claudio [1]
Total Authors: 12
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Morfol, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, R Prof Dr Antonio CW Zanin S-N, BR-18618689 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[3] Drexel Univ, Dept Ichthyol, Acad Nat Sci, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - USA
[4] Univ Toronto Scarborough, Dept Biol, Toronto, ON - Canada
[5] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Dept Ichthyol, New York, NY 10024 - USA
[6] Museum Nat Hist, Dept Herpetol & Ichthyol, Geneva - Switzerland
[7] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Vertebrate Zool, Washington, DC 20560 - USA
[8] Univ Louisiana Lafayette, Dept Biol, Lafayette, LA 70504 - USA
[9] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Los Angeles, CA - USA
Total Affiliations: 9
Document type: Journal article
Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution; v. 135, p. 148-165, JUN 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 6
Abstract

Neotropical freshwaters host more than 6000 fish species, of which 983 are suckermouth armored catfishes of the family Loricariidae - the most-diverse catfish family and fifth most species-rich vertebrate family on Earth. Given their diversity and ubiquitous distribution across many habitat types, loricariids are an excellent system in which to investigate factors that create and maintain Neotropical fish diversity, yet robust phylogenies needed to support such ecological and evolutionary studies are lacking. We sought to buttress the systematic understanding of loricariid catfishes by generating a genome-scale data set (1041 loci, 328,330 bp) for 140 species spanning 75 genera and five of six previously proposed subfamilies. Both maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses strongly supported the monophyly of Loricariidae. Our results also reinforced the established backbone of loricariid interrelationships: Delturinae as sister to all other analyzed loricariids, with subfamily Rhinelepinae diverging next, followed by Loricariinae sister to Hypostominae + Hypoptopomatinae. Previous DNA-based relationships within Hypostominae and Loricariinae were strongly supported. However, we evaluated for the first time DNA-based relationships among many Hypoptopomatinae genera and found significant differences with this subfamily's current genus-level classification, prompting several taxonomic changes. Finally, we placed our topological results within a fossil-calibrated temporal context indicating that early Loricariidae diversification occurred across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary similar to 65 million years ago (Ma). Our study lays a strong foundation for future research to focus on relationships among species and the macroevolutionary processes affecting loricariid diversification rates and patterns. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/01622-2 - Analyses of the relationships among the members of the tribe Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) based on DNA sequences
Grantee:Gabriel de Souza da Costa e Silva
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 14/06853-8 - Phylogenetic analysis of the relationships and diversification patterns of Trichomycteridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes) using DNA sequences
Grantee:Luz Eneida Ochoa Orrego
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 14/26508-3 - Phylogeny of the hyperdiverse order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements
Grantee:Claudio de Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 16/11313-8 - Phylogeny of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements
Grantee:Bruno Francelino de Melo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 15/00691-9 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the Loricarioidea superfamily
Grantee:Fábio Fernandes Roxo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 14/05051-5 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the superfamily Loricarioidea
Grantee:Fábio Fernandes Roxo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral