FISHMAS DAY!

So today is Christmas day--which means that the whole family is here! The extended family is here now! Day twelve can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On Fishmas day itself cladistics gave to me... Twelve Eupercaria!Eleven fish near the topTen Syngnatharia+PelagiariaNine PercomorphaEight basal NeoteleostsSeven basal euteleostomorphsSix crown OtomorphaFIVE! BOH-NY TONGUES!Four elopomorphs Three HolosteansTwo ChondrosteiA bichir at the base of ActinopterygiiAnd some Saarcopterygii relatives sharing a common ancestor in Osteicthyes! Way, way down there--a…

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12 Days of FISHMAS! Day One!

So...I have been mulling on this for a few years now--specifically, upon reading through the article Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes (Betancur-R et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2017) 17:162) with a few modifications, especially from Comprehensive phylogeny of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) based on transcriptomic and genomic data ((PNAS June 12, 2018 115 (24) 6249-6254)). I love cladograms. I love organizing things. I love animal figures, and I love fish. And so, I decided to work through the Actinopterygii family tree…

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