Order POLYMIXIIFORMES

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Introduction

The order Polymixiiformes contains a single family, Polymixiidae (Nelson 2006; Wiley & Johnson 2010). Nelson (2006) and Eschmeyer (2011) both recognise a single genus with 10 species. Relationships and diagnostic characters are discussed by Stiassny (1986), Patterson & Rosen (1989), Stiassny & Moore (1992) and Johnson & Patterson (1993). Hoese (2006), following Nelson (2006), placed the order in the superorder Polymixiomorpha, however, WIley & Johnson (2010) placed the Polymixiiformes as the single order in their new Division Polymixiacea. The group is thought to be the sister group to all the remaining most recent groups of fishes.

General References

Eschmeyer, W.N. 2011. Catalog of Fishes. Online version updated 29 March 2011. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp

Hoese, D.F. 2006. Superorder Polymixiomorpha. pp. 545 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.

Johnson, G.D. & Patterson, C. 1993. Percomorph phylogeny: a survey of acanthomorphs and a new proposal. Bulletin of Marine Science 52(1): 554-626

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

Patterson, C. & Rosen, D.E. 1989. The Paracanthopterygii revisited: order and disorder. pp. 5-36 in Cohen, D.M. (ed.). Papers on the systematics of gadiform fishes. Science Series. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 32: 1-262

Stiassny, M.L.J. 1986. The limits and relationships of the acanthomorph teleosts. Journal of Zoology, London B 1: 411-460

Stiassny, M.L.J. & Moore, J.A. 1992. A review of the pelvic girdle of acanthomorph fishes, with comments on hypotheses of acanthomorph intrarelationships. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 104: 209-242

Wiley, E.O. & Johnson, G.D. 2010. A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups. pp. 123-182 in Nelson, J.S., Schultze, H.-P. & Wilson, M.V.H. Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts. München, Germany : Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 480 pp. [147]

Common Name References

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [230] (Beardfishes)

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