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Introduction

The order Stomiiformes comprises four families (Nelson 1994, Nelson et al. 2016). The species are meso- and bathypelagic in all oceans. Relationships are discussed in Fink & Weitzman (1982), Ahlstrom et al. (1984), Fink (1984, 1985), Harold & Weitzman (1996) and the molecular studies of DeVaney (2008) and Kenaley (2014). Although Nelson (2006) and Wiley & Johnson (2010) included a fifth family, the Diplophidae, it is not recognised in this work. A number of recent molecular studies suggest a sister relationship between the Osmeroidei and the Stomiiformes (Li et al. 2008; Near et al. 2012; Betancur-R et al. 2013), a relationship first proposed by Weitzman (1967). Spelling of family names follows van der Laan et al. (2014).

 

General References

Ahlstrom, E.H., Richards, W.J. & Weitzman, S.H. 1984. Families Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, and associated stomiiform groups: development and relationships. pp. 184-198 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760

Betancur-R, R., Broughton, R.E., Wiley, E.O., Carpenter, K., López, J.A., Li, C., Holcroft, N.I., Arcila, D., Sanciangco, M., Cureton, II J.C., Zhang, F., Buser, T &, Campbell, M.A., Ballesteros, J.A., Roa-Varon, A., Willis, S., Borden, W.C., Rowley, T., Reneau, P.C., Hough, D.J., Lu, G., Grande, T., Arratia, G. & Ortí, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life Edition 1: doi: 10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288

DeVaney, S.C. 2008. The interrelationships of fishes of the order Stomiiformes. Ph.D Thesis, University of Kansas. pp. 233

Fink, W.L. 1984. Stomiiforms: relationships. pp. 181-184 figs 95-97 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760

Fink, W.L. 1985. Phylogenetic interrelationships of the stomiid fishes (Teleostei: Stomiiformes. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 171: 1-127

Fink, W.L. & S.H. Weitzman. 1982. Relationships of the stomiiform fishes (Teleostei), with a description of Diplophos. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 150(2): 31-93

Harold, A.S. & Weitzman, S.H. 1996. Interrelationships of stomiiform fishes. pp. 333-353 in Stiassny, M.L.J., Parenti, L.R. & Johnson, G.D. (eds). Interrelationships of Fishes. San Diego : Academic Press 496 pp.

Kenaley, C.P., DeVaney, S.C. & Fjeran, T.T. 2014. The complex evolutionary history of seeing red: molecular phylogeny and the evolution of an adaptive visual system in deep-sea dragonfishes (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae). Evolution 68: 996–1013

Li, C., Lu, G. & Orti, G. 2008. Optimal data partitioning and a test case for ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) based on ten nuclear loci. Systematic Biology 57: 519–539

Near, T.J., Eytan, R.I., Dornburg, A., Kühn, K.L., Moore, J.A., Davis, M.P., Wainwright, P.C., Friedman, M. & Smith, W.L 2012. Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 13698-13703

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.

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

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp.

Van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Family-group names of recent fishes. Zootaxa 3882(1): 1–230

Weitzman, S.H 1967. The origin of the stomiatoid fishes with comments on the classification of salmoniform fishes. Copeia 1967: 507–540

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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Sep-2020	STOMIIFORMES	19-May-2020	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)