Morphological characters in light of new molecular phylogenies: the caudal-fin skeleton of Ovalentaria

The Ovalentaria is a taxon of teleosts that has been proposed based on molecular analyses only. Previously widely separated families are assembled in this taxon. For the first time, the Ovalentaria are analysed using a comparative morphological approach. The caudal-fin skeleton of 355 species coveri...

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Main Authors: Philipp Thieme, Nalani K. Schnell, Kerryn Parkinson, Timo Moritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211605