Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Eurypterygii

After Carroll, 1988, and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Eurypterygii
   |--o Cyclosquamata
   |  `-- Aulopiformes (aulopikalat)
   `--o Ctenosquamata
      |--o Scopelomorpha
      |  `-- Myctophiformes (lyhtykalat)
      `--o Acanthomorpha sensu Johnson & Patterson, 1993
         |?-o †Aipichthys U. Cret. SWAs. [Aipichthyidae]
         |  |-- †A. velifer
         |  `-- †A. minor
         |?- †Asineops squamifrons Eoc. NA. [Asineopidae]
         |?- †Digoria ambigua L. Olig. SEEu. [Digoriidae]
         |?- †Dinopteryx spinosus U. Cret. SWAs. [Dinopterygidae]
         |?-o †Ferrifronsidae Arratia, G. & Chorn, J., 1998
         |  |-- †Ferrifrons rugosus Jordan, 1924
         |  `-- †Acanthichthys major Arratia & Chorn, 1998
         |?- †Pharmaichthys [Pharmaichthyidae]
         |?- †Pycnosteroides laevispinosus U. Cret. SWAs. [Pycnosteroididae]
         |?- †Spinocaudichthys oumtkoutensis Filleul & Dutheil, 2001; U. Cret. NWAf.
         |?- †Stichocentrus livatus U. Cret. SWAs. [Stichocentridae]
         |--o Lampridiomorpha
         |  `-- Lampridiformes (kiiltolahnakalat)
         `--o Euacanthomorpha
            |-- Polymixiomorpha (partakalamaiset kalat) [paraphyletic assemblage?]
            `--o Holacanthopterygii
               |--o Paracanthopterygii
               |  |-- Percopsiformes (lohiahvenkalat)
               |  `--o Anacanthini Patterson & Rosen, 1989?
               |     |?-o †Sphenocephalus U. Cret. Eu. [Stephanocephaliformes: Sphenocephalidae]
               |     |  |-- †S. sp.
               |     |  `-- †S. fissicaudus
               |     `--+-- Ophidiiformes (partanilkkakalat) [possibly paraphyletic?]
               |        `--+?- †Mcconichthys longipinnis Grande, 1988 L. Paleoc. NA. [Mcconichthyidae]
               |           |-- Gadiformes (cods, and relatives; turskakalat)
               |           `--o Pediculati
               |              |-- Batrachoideiformes [Haplodoci] (konnakalat)
               |              `-- Lophiiformes (krottikalat; anglerfishes)
               `--o Acanthopterygii sensu Nelson, 1994 [alternative phylogeny after Johnson & Patterson, 1993 (also from Nelson, 1994)]
                  |--o Mugilomorpha
                  |  `-- Mugiloformes (kelttikalat)
                  `--+--o Atherinomorpha
                     |  |-- Atheriniformes (hopeakylkikalat, sateenkaarikalat)
                     |  `--o Cyprinodontea
                     |     |-- Beloniformes (nokkakalat)
                     |     `-- Cyprinodontiformes [Microcyprini] (hammaskarppikalat)
                     `--o Percomorpha sensu Nelson, 1994
                        |-- Stephanoberyciformes [Xenoberyces in partim] (okakalat)
                        `--+-- Beryciformes (limapääkalat)
                           `--+--+-- Zeiformes (pietarinkalat)
                              |  `-- Tetraodontiformes (jäykkäleukakalat)
                              `--+-- Gasterosteiformes (piikkikalat)
                                 |-- Synbranchiformes (yhdyskiduskalat)
                                 `--+== “Perciformes” Bleeker, 1859 (ahvenkalat) [paraphyletic]
                                    |== “Scorpaeniformes” (simppukalat)
                                    `-- Pleuronectiformes [Heterosomata] (kampelakalat)

<==o  Percomorpha sensu Mabuchi et al., 2007 [Holacanthopterygii] sensu Nelson, 1994]
   |--  Ophidiiformes
   `--+--+--+-- Percidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
      |  |  `--+-- Scorpaenoidei [Scorpaeniformes in partim]
      |  |     `--+--+-- Cottoidei [Scorpaeniformes in partim]
      |  |        |  `-- Trachinoidei [Perciformes: “Zoarciformes” in partim]
      |  |        `--+-- Zoarcoidei [Perciformes: “Zoarciformes” in partim]
      |  |           `-- Gasterosteoidei [Gasterosteiformes in partim]
      |  `--+--+-- Odacidae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
      |     |  `--+-- Scaridae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
      |     |     `-- Labridae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
      |     `--+--+-- Emmelichthyidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
      |        |  `-- Lutjanidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
      |        `--+-- Sparidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
      |           `--+-- Caproidae [Zeiformes in partim]
      |              `--+-- Tetraodontiformes
      |                 `-- Lophiiformes
      `--+--+--+-- Pleuronectiformes
         |  |  `-- Carangidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
         |  `--+-- Scombroidei [Perciformes: “Thunniniformes” in partim]
         |     `--+-- Dactylopteridae [Scorpaeniformes: Dactylopteroidei in partim]
         |        `-- Gobioidei [Perciformes in partim]
         `--+--+== Synbranchiformes (yhdyskiduskalat)
            |  `-- Indostomoidei [Gasterosteiformes in partim]
            `--+--+-- Pseudochromidae [Perciformes: Percoidei in partim]
               |  `-- Mugiloformes
               `--+--+-- Pomacentridae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
                  |  `--+-- Embiotocidae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
                  |     `-- Cichlidae [Perciformes: Labroidei in partim]
                  `--+--+-- Blennoidei [Perciformes in partim]
                     |  `-- Gobiesocoidei [Perciformes in partim]
                     `--o Atherinomorpha
                        |-- Atheriniformes
                        `--o Cyprinodontea
                           |-- Beloniformes
                           `-- Cyprinodontiformes [Microcyprini]

Reference(s):

• Arratia, G. & Chorn, J., 1998: A new primitive acanthomorph fish from the Greenhorn Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Nebraska.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #2, pp. 301-314
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
  in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
  –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
• Filleul, A. & Dutheil, D. B., 2001: Spinocaudichthys oumtkoutensis, a freshwater acanthomorph from the Cenomanian of Marocco.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #4, pp. 774-780
• Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
  –Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088
• Grande, L., 1988: A well preserved paracanthopterygian fish (Teleostei) from freshwater Lower Paleocene deposits of Montana.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 8, #2, pp. 117-130
• Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
  –Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
        Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
  –Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968
• Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
  –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600
• Tyler, J. C. & Sorbini, L., 1996: New superfamily and three new families of tetraodontiform fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The earliest and most morphologically primitive plectognaths.
  –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 82, pp. vi-59