Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the first molecular data from the rare and monotypic Amarsipidae places the family within the Pelagia and highlights limitations of existing data sets in resolving pelagian interrelationships

• Published in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Vol. 124; pp. 172 - 180
• Main Authors: Campbell, Matthew A., Sado, Tetsuya, Shinzato, Chuya, Koyanagi, Ryo, Okamoto, Makoto, Miya, Masaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: adaptive radiation; Amarsipa; Amarsipus carlsbergi; Animals; Base Sequence; data collection; Fishes; Fishes - classification; Fishes - genetics; Genetic Loci; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; Likelihood Functions; loci; mitochondrial genome; monophyly; Pelagiaria; pharynx; Phylogeny; Scombriformes; Scombrimorpharia; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Analysis, DNA; uncertainty; Amarsipa; Pelagiaria; Amarsipus carlsbergi; Scombrimorpharia; Scombriformes

[Display omitted] •The Pelagia is a recently recognized taxon of open ocean fishes.•We provide evidence that Amarsipidae is a pelagian family.•Support for early-branching nodes is low in molecular phylogenies of Pelagia.•Refinement of pelagian interrelationships requires new independent data sets.•T...