Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Phylogenomics of poachers (Agonidae) and the evolution of armor in cottoid fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidei).
Megan L Vandenberg, Zach Heiple, Matthew A Kolmann, Thaddaeus Buser, Adam P Summers, Fernando Meléndez-Vazquez, Dahiana Arcila, Katherine P Maslenikov, Luke Tornabene
Published: 202610.1016/j.ympev.2026.108552
Abstract
Cottoid fishes represent a morphologically diverse radiation of perciforms, yet their phylogenetic relationships and higher-level taxonomy remain unstable. In particular, the limits of the family Agonidae (poachers) and the placement of closely relat…
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