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Cybium,
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Internationale dIchtyologie |
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Phylogenetic relationships of Cyclopsetta and Syacium (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) K. Teresa KHIDIR (1), François CHAPLEAU (1) & Claude B. RENAUD (2) (1) Department
of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, CANADA. Abstract.
- Phylogenetic relationships among four species of Cyclopsetta
and eight species of Syacium were established based on a total
of 29 morphological, meristic and osteological characters (CI = 0.75);
Citharichthys and Etropus were designated as the outgroups.
The Cyclopsetta-Syacium clade was supported by six synapomorphies.
Cyclopsetta was strongly supported as monophyletic by ten synapomorphies.
This genus was divided into two subgenera, Cyclopsetta comprising
C. chittendeni and C. fimbriata and Azevia comprising
C. panamensis and C. querna. Syacium was also determined
to be monophyletic based on five synapomorphies. S. longidorsale
was the first extant species to evolve followed subsequently by S.
ovale, S. gunteri, S. maculiferum and a trichotomy containing
S. guineensis, S. micrurum and the sister species S. latifrons
and S. papillosum. |
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