Aplocheiloidei

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Aplocheiloidei
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
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Aphyosemion elberti
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Austrolebias quirogai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Aplocheiloidei
Parenti, 1981 [1]

Aplocheiloidei is a suborder of the order Cyprinodontiformes consisting of three families which are commonly known as killifishes.

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Families

The three families within the suborder Aplocheiloidei are: [2] [3]

The only known fossil member of the suborder is the Late Miocene-aged Kenyaichthys from the Lukeino Formation of Kenya, which is the only known member of the family Kenyaichthyidae Altner & Reichenbacher, 2015. [4]

Proposed taxonomy

Some authorities have lumped the three families into a single family, Aplocheilidae, a well-established name, chosen for its stability in usage over time, and to avoid the impact of a new name at the family rank for a popular aquarium fish group. [3] Under this proposal, the Aplocheilidae includes three subfamilies: Aplocheilinae for the species from Asia, Madagascar and the Seychelles; Cynolebiinae (called Rivulidae above) for the species from the Americas; and Nothobranchiinae for the species from the African mainland. [5]

Phylogenetic relationships among 13 taxa of the Cynopoecilini and four outgroup taxa Phylogenetic relationships among 13 taxa of the Cynopoecilini and four out-group taxa.PNG
Phylogenetic relationships among 13 taxa of the Cynopoecilini and four outgroup taxa

References

  1. ↑ Radda AC, Purzl E (1987). Colour Atlas of Cyprinodonts of the Rain Forests of Tropical Africa (PDF). Hofmann. p. 7.
  2. ↑ Nelson JS, Grande TC, Wilson MV (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 371. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. 1 2 Van Der Laan R, Eschmeyer WN, Fricke R (November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
  4. ↑ Altner, Melanie; Reichenbacher, Bettina (2015-04-29). "†Kenyaichthyidae fam. nov. and †Kenyaichthys gen. nov. – First Record of a Fossil Aplocheiloid Killifish (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes)". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0123056. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023056A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123056 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4414574 . PMID   25923654.
  5. ↑ Costa WJ (2016). "Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 66 (2): 125–140. doi: 10.3897/vz.66.e31538 .
  6. ↑ Costa WJ (2016-07-18). "Inferring Evolution of Habitat Usage and Body Size in Endangered, Seasonal Cynopoeciline Killifishes from the South American Atlantic Forest through an Integrative Approach (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)". PLOS ONE. 11 (7): e0159315. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1159315C. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159315 . PMC   4948875 . PMID   27428070.


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