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      Phylogeny and biogeography of Triportheidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) based on molecular data.

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          Triportheidae represents a relatively small family of characiform fishes with highly modified morphology. The relationship among characiform families is still unclear, and a phylogenetic analysis for the family including a representative number of Triportheus species has never been performed. Here, we inferred a phylogeny for 19 of the 22 species recognized for this family and two possible new Triportheus species using two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes. Our results show that (1) Triportheidae is monophyletic and a sister group of the clade consisting of the families Bryconidae and Gasteropelecidae; (2) Triportheus is monophyletic, but some species need to be reviewed and described; (3) all genera in Triportheidae, except for Agoniates originated in the period between Early Oligocene and Early Miocene; and (4) speciation in Triportheidae coincides with important geological events in South America, reinforcing the importance of time-calibrated trees to study fish evolution.

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          Journal
          Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.
          Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
          Elsevier BV
          1095-9513
          1055-7903
          Mar 2016
          : 96
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ. Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: tatimariguela@gmail.com.
          [2 ] Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Biociências, Univ. Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
          Article
          S1055-7903(15)00371-1
          10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.018
          26721557
          1046867a-a9db-48d2-bdd6-6cdf53d13ed4
          History

          Evolution,Freshwater sardines,Molecular systematics,Neotropical fishes,Phylogeny

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