Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes

Download or read book Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes written by Luiz R. Malabarba and published by Edipucrs. This book was released on 1998 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neotropical ichthyology: an overview; Fossils and geological evidence; The stage for neotropical fish diversification: a history of tropical south american rivers; The temporal context for the diversification of neotropical fishes; Phylogeny of fossil characiformes and paleobiogeography of the Tremembe formation, Sao Paulo; Brazil; Maastrichtian to early late paleocene freshwater osteichthyes of Bolivia: additions and comments; Characiformes; Higher lever phylogenetic concepts within characiforms (Ostariophysi), a historical review; Relationships of the characidiinae and phylogeny of characiform fishes (Teleostei: ostariophysi); Phylogenetic study of the hemiodontidae (Ostariophysi: characiformes); Perspectives about the phylogeny and classification of the chacidae (Teleostei: Characiformes); Relationships of the tribes and genera of the glandulocaudinae (Ostariophysi: characiformes: characidae) with a description of a New Genus, Chrysobrycon; Monophyly of the Cheirodontinae, characters and major clades (Ostariophysi: characidae); Sperm ultrastructure in characid fishes (Teleostei: ostariophysi); The genus Creagrutus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae): monophyly, relationships, and undetected diversity; A phylogenetic analysis of Roestes Gunther and Gilbertolus Eigenmann, with a hypothesis on the relationships of the Cynodontidae and Acestrorhynchidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes); Siluriformes; Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical siluriformes: historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses; Monophyly and interrelationships of the Centromochlinae (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae); Systematics, biogeography, and the fossil record of the Callichthyidae: a review of the available data; Phylogenetic relationships of the Loricariidae (Siluriformes) based on mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences; Conflict and resolution: impact of new taxa on phylogenetic studies of the neotropical cascudinhos (Siluroidei: Loricariidae); Gymnotiformes; The Gymnotiform "Eels" of tropical America: a history of classification and phylogeny of the South American electric Knifefishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriphysi); Phylogenetic systematics of Gymnotiformes with diagnoses of 58 clades: a review of available data; The phylogenetic position of the South America Electric Fish genera Sternophygus and Archolaemus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) according to 12s and 16s mitochondrial DNA sequences; Perciformes; A phylogeny and classfication of the South American Cichlidae (Teleostei: Perciformes); Molecular phylogeny of neotropical cichlids: the relationships of Cichlasomines and heroines; Mitochondrial phylogenetics, biogeography, and evolution of parental care and mating systems in Gymnogeophagus (Perciformes: Cichlidae); Atherinomorpha; Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the neotropical silverside family Atheronopsidae (Teleostei: Atheriniformes); Phylogeny and classification of the Cyprinodontiformes (Euteleostei: Atherinomorpha): a reappraisal; Phylogeny and classification of the Anablepidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes); Cytogenetic markers; Cytogenetic markers in neotropical freshwater fishes.