Widespread ecomorphological convergence in multiple fish families spanning the marine-freshwater interface.

ABSTRACT: The theoretical definition and quantification of convergence is an increasingly topical focus in evolutionary research, with particular growing interest on study scales spanning deep phylogenetic divergences and broad geographical areas. While much progress has recently been made in understanding the role of convergence in driving terrestrial (e.g. anole lizards) and aquatic (e.g. cichlids) radiations, little is known about its macroevolutionary effects across environmental gradients. This study uses a suite of recently developed comparative approaches integrating diverse aspects of morphology, dietary data, habitat affiliation and phylogeny to assess convergence across several well-known tropical-temperate fish families in the percomorph suborder Terapontoidei, a clade with considerable p

SUBMITTER: Davis AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443956 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature