Pipefish

Day ten of the Twelve Days of Fishmas! Day nine can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On the tenth day of Fishmas cladistics gave to me... Ten Syngnatharia and Pelagiaria speciesNine PercomorphaEight basal NeoteleostsSeven basal euteleostomorphsSix crown OtomorphaFIVE! BOH-NY TONGUES!Four elopomorphs Three HolosteansTwo ChondrosteiAnd a bichir at the base of Actinopterygii Crowded pair of clades this time! For day ten we have a dichotomous pair of clades further into the Percomorphocaea. This clade…