Sailfish

Day eleven of the Twelve Days of Fishmas! Day ten can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On the eleventh day of Fishmas cladistics gave to me... Eleven fish from 3 clades towards the top of the tree!Ten Syngnatharia+PelagiariaNine PercomorphaEight basal NeoteleostsSeven basal euteleostomorphsSix crown OtomorphaFIVE! BOH-NY TONGUES!Four elopomorphs Three HolosteansTwo ChondrosteiAnd a bichir at the base of Actinopterygii Another dichotomy plus another, starting to get pretty speciose! From right near the top of…