A Phylogenetic Analysis of Higher Teleost Fishes (Acanthomorpha) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data

9317881 Wiley棘形鱼是脊椎动物中最大的一组（13，290种）。这组包括一些最重要的商业和运动鱼类，如金枪鱼，鲈鱼，创始人，鳕鱼和长嘴鱼。不幸的是，很少有人知道，或同意，关于超过13个目和众多亚目的棘形动物之间的关系。这阻碍了我们理解这些鱼类生物学的许多方面的能力。其中一些方面无疑将产生商业和纯科学的后果。我们建议使用形态学数据和DNA测序的分子数据来研究棘形鱼类之间的关系。将重新评估以前研究者用于得出相互冲突的关系假设的形态学数据，并收集新的数据。一项试点研究表明，使用DNA序列数据进一步解决这些关系的可行性 *

9317881 Wiley The acanthomorph fishes are the largest group of vertebrate animals (13,290) species). This group includes some of the most important commercial and sports fishes such as tunas, basses, founders, cods, and billfishes. Unfortunately, little is known, or agreed upon, concerning the relationships among the more than 13 orders and numerous suborders of acanthomorphs. This hampers our ability to understand many aspects of the biology of these fishes. Some of these aspects will undoubtedly have commercial as well as purely scientific consequences. We propose to use morphological data and molecular data derived from DNA sequencing to study the relationships among acantrhomorph fishes. Morphological data used by previous investigators to arrive at conflicting hypotheses of relationships will be re-evaluated and new data will be collected. A pilot study is presented that demonstrates the feasibility for using DNA sequence data to further resolve these relationships ***