Suborder ZOARCOIDEI

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Introduction

This suborder includes nine families, with most species found in marine waters of the north Pacific (Nelson 2006). A single family, Zoarcidae, is represented in Australia, and by a single species, although an additional five species occur on Australia's Antarctic/Subantarctic territorial waters. Relationships of the suborder are poorly understood. Anderson (1994) determined the monophyly of the suborder. Imamura & Yabe (2002) and Miya et al. (2003) also concluded that the Zoarcoidei were monophyletic, and that the group is closely related to Cottoidei. Wiley & Johnson (2010) placed both suborders in their order Cottiformes. Betancur-R. et al. (2013) include the zoarcoids in the Perciformes suborder Cottioidei.

General References

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

Imamura, H. & Yabe, M. 2002. Demise of the Scorpaeniformes (Actinopterygii: Percomorpha): an alternative phylogenetic hypothesis. Bulletin of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University 53(3): 107-128

Miya, M., Takeshima, H., Endo, H., Ishiguro, N.B., Inoue, J.G., Mukai, T., Satoh, T.P., Yamaguchi, M., Kawaguchi, A., Mabuchi, K., Shirai, S.M. & Nishida, M. 2003. Major patterns of higher teleostean phylogenies: a new perspective based on 100 complete mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 121-138

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

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. [127]

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