Otocephala

Last updated

Otocephala
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–present
FMIB 43249 Menhaden (Brevortia tyrannus) 2.jpeg
Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Otocephala
Johnson & Patterson, 1996
Subcohorts
Synonyms
  • Ostarioclupeomorpha
  • Otomorpha

Otocephala is a clade of ray-finned fishes within the infraclass Teleostei that evolved some 230 million years ago. It is named for the presence of a hearing (otophysic) link from the swimbladder to the inner ear. Other names proposed for the group include Ostarioclupeomorpha and Otomorpha.

Contents

The clade contains Clupeiformes (herrings) and Ostariophysi, a group of other orders including Cypriniformes (minnows and allies), Gymnotiformes (knifefish), and Siluriformes (catfish). Otocephala may also contain Alepocephaliformes (slickheads), but as yet (2016) without morphological evidence.

The clade is sister to Euteleostei which contains the majority of bony fish alive today. [1] [2] [3] [4]

In 2015, Benton and colleagues set a "plausible minimum" date for the origin of crown Otocephala as about 228.4 million years ago. They argued that since the oldest locality for any diversity of stem teleosts is the Carnian of Polberg bei Lunz, Austria, whose base is 235 million years old, a rough estimate for Otocephala can be made. [5] [6] The earliest known fossil member of the group is Tischlingerichthys from the Late Jurassic of Germany. [7]

Taxonomy

The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the Otocephala as a cohort and subdivides it above the level of order as set out below, the classification of extant taxa from the level of order and below follows Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes : [8] [9] [10]


Taxonomy based on: [4] [11] [12]

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of living groups based on: [14]

Otocephala
Clupei

Clupeiformes (herrings and relatives) American shad fish alosa sapidissima (white background).jpg

Alepocephali

Alepocephaliformes (slickheads and tubeshoulders) Alepocephalus rostratus Gervais.jpg

Ostariophysi
Anotophysa

Gonorynchiformes (milkfish and relatives) Chanos salmoneus Achilles 166.jpg

Otophysa
Cypriniphysae

Cypriniformes (minnow, carp, loach) Common carp (white background).jpg

Characiphysae

Characiformes (tetras and piranhas) F de Castelnau-poissonsPl37 (Serrasalmus humeralis).jpg

Siluriphysae

Gymnotiformes (knifefish) Johann Natterer - Itui-cavalo (Apteronotus albifrons).jpg

Siluriformes (catfish) Black bullhead fish (white background).jpg

References

  1. Thomas J. Near; et al. (2012). "Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification". PNAS. 109 (34): 13698–13703. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10913698N. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206625109 . PMC   3427055 . PMID   22869754.
  2. Betancur-R, Ricardo; et al. (2013). "The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes". PLOS Currents Tree of Life. 5 (Edition 1). doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 . hdl:2027.42/150563. PMC   3644299 . PMID   23653398.
  3. Laurin, M.; Reisz, R.R. (1995). "A reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (2): 165–223. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00932.x.
  4. 1 2 Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World. Wiley. pp. 161–162 and passim. ISBN   978-1-119-22081-7.
  5. "Otocephala". Palaeontologia Electronica. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. Benton, M.J.; Donoghue, P.C.J.; Asher, R.A.; Friedman, M.; Near, T.J. & Vinther, J. (2015). "Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history". Palaeontologia Electronica. 18 (1): 18.1.1FC. doi: 10.26879/424 . Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. Arratia, Gloria (2018-10-11). "Otomorphs (= otocephalans or ostarioclupeomorphs) revisited". Neotropical Ichthyology. 16 e180079. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180079. ISSN   1679-6225.
  8. Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 162–163. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
  9. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  10. Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
  11. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Euteleostei - advanced teleosteans". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  12. van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. Liu, Juan; Brinkman, Donald B.; Murray, Alison M.; Newbrey, Michael G.; Zhou, Zehua; Van Loon, Lisa L.; Banerjee, Neil R. (2025-10-02). "Marine origins and freshwater radiations of the otophysan fishes". Science. 390 (6768): 65–69. doi:10.1126/science.adr4494.
  14. Betancur-Rodriguez, R.; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin . Retrieved 30 December 2016.