Neopterygii

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Species

Largest genera

Sampled species out of the total in each genus:

• Barbus 72/309
• Haplochromis 32/228
• Schistura 25/193
• Etheostoma 150/162
• Corydoras 118/159

Familiar species

Well-known and model species in Neopterygii. Species with genetic data are in bold.

• Amia calva (bowfin)
• Amphiprion ocellaris (clown anemonefish)
• Anguilla anguilla (European eel)
• Arapaima gigas (arapaima)
• Astyanax mexicanus (Mexican tetra)
• Betta splendens (Siamese fighting fish)
• Carassius auratus (goldfish)
• Clupea harengus (Atlantic herring)
• Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
• Danio rerio (zebrafish)
• Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass)
• Electrophorus electricus (electric eel)
• Esox lucius (northern pike)
• Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (mummichog)
• Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)
• Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)
• Hippocampus erectus (lined seahorse)
• Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)
• Lates calcarifer (barramundi)
• Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar)
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
• Mola mola (ocean sunfish)
• Nothobranchius furzeri (turquoise killifish)
• Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
• Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)
• Oryzias latipes (Japanese medaka)
• Paracheirodon innesi (neon tetra)
• Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
• Poecilia reticulata (guppy)
• Pterois volitans (red lionfish)
• Pterophyllum scalare (freshwater angelfish)
• Pygocentrus nattereri (red-bellied piranha)
• Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
• Scleropages formosus (Asian arowana)
• Scophthalmus maximus (turbot)
• Takifugu rubripes (fugu)
• Tetraodon nigroviridis (green spotted puffer)
• Thunnus thynnus (Atlantic bluefin tuna)
• Xiphias gladius (swordfish)
• Xiphophorus maculatus (southern platyfish)

All species

Neopterygii has too many species to list on this page. The full list is available as a CSV file, or browse the taxa listed under Contents.

Gene coverage

Enclosed taxa

Fossil calibrations

• Crown Holostei (Watsonulus eugnathoides†) 251.2 Ma
• Crown Teleostei (Anaethalion zapporum†) 151.2 Ma
• Elopiformes (Arratiaelops vectensis†) 126 Ma
• Crown Lepisosteidae (Atractosteus falipoui†) 93.9 Ma
• Albuliformes + Anguilliformes (Baugeichthys caeruleus†) 129.4 Ma
• Total group Angullidae (Anguilla ignota†) 47 Ma
• Total group Serrivomer (Serrivomer sp.†) 12.62 Ma
• Total group Echelus (Echelus branchialis†) 53.7 Ma
• Total group Osteoglossidae (Paralycoptera wui†) 107 Ma
• Crown Osteoglossidae (Joffrichthys symmetropterus†) 58.551 Ma
• (Mormyridae + Gymnarchidae) vs Notopteridae (Palaeonotopterus greenwoodi†) 93.9 Ma
• Total group Euteleostei (Leptolepides haerteisi†) 150.94 Ma
• Crown Otomorpha (Tischlingerichthys viohli†) 150.94 Ma
• Total group Spratteloidini (Trollichthys bolcensis†) 49 Ma
• Crown Engraulidae (Eoengraulis fasoloi†) 49 Ma
• Crown Dorosoma (Dorosoma petenense†) 1.8 Ma
• Chanidae vs Kneriidae (Rubiesichthys gregalis†) 126.3 Ma
• Total group Characiformes (Characiformes indet.†) 93.9 Ma
• MRCA Sternopygus and Apteronotus (Humboldtichthys kirschbaumi†) 7.246 Ma
• subset Serrasalmidae (Megapiranha paranensis†) 6 Ma
• Total group Lignobrycon (Lignobrycon ligniticus†) 24.5 Ma
• Total group Spintherobolus (Megacheirodon unicus†) 24.5 Ma
• Total group Salminus (Salminus noriegai†) 7.246 Ma
• Crown group Callichthyidae (Corydoras revelatus†) 39.5 Ma
• Total group Loricariidae (Taubateia paraiba†) 24.5 Ma
• Total group Pangasiidae (Cetopangasius chaetobranchus†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Ictaluridae (Astephus sp.†) 59.36 Ma
• Total group Ameiurus (Ameiurus pectinatus†) 33.97 Ma
• Total group Pylodictis (Pylodictis olivaris†) 16.3 Ma
• Crown Brachyplatystoma (Brachyplatystoma promagdlaena†) 12.8 Ma
• MRCA Chrysichthys (Chrysichthys mahengeensis†) 45 Ma
• Total group Synodontis (Synodontis sp.†) 28.1 Ma
• Crown Catostomidae (Amyzon aggregatum†) 48.88 Ma
• Total group Cyprinini (Cyprinus maomingensis†) 40.14 Ma
• Total group Cyprinus (Huashancyprinus robustispinus†) 23.03 Ma
• Total group Macropinna (Macropinna sp†) 7.246 Ma
• Total group Esocidae (Estesesox foxi†) 76.4 Ma
• Crown Esox (Esox kronneri†) 51.57 Ma
• Total group Salmoninae (Eosalmo driftwoodensis†) 51.43 Ma
• Total group Hucho (Hucho sp.†) 15.4 Ma
• Total group Oncorynchus (Oncorhynchus ('Smilodonichthys') rastrosus†) 8.2 Ma
• Oncorhynchus keta (Oncorhynchus keta†) 4.8 Ma
• Total group Stomiiformes (Paravinciguerria praecursor†) 93.9 Ma
• Total group Plecoglossidae (Speirsaenigma lindoei†) 56.83 Ma
• Cylothone plus Stigmops (Sigmops sp.†) 12.62 Ma
• Total group Sternoptychidae (Polypnoides laevis†) 41.3 Ma
• Total group Argyropelecus (Argyropelecus sp.†) 32.02 Ma
• Argyropelecus hemigymnus (Argyropelecus logearti†) 12.62 Ma
• Croan Chauliodus (Chauliodus testa†) 7.246 Ma
• Chauliodus sloani (Chauliodus sloani†) 2.588 Ma
• Stomias affinis (Stomias affinis†) 5.33 Ma
• Total group Galaxias (Galaxias effusus†) 23 Ma
• Total group Aulopiformes (Apateodus glyphodus†) 103.13 Ma
• Total group Alepisaurus (Alepisaurus 'ferox'†) 15.97 Ma
• Crown Myctophiformes (Eomyctophum koraense†) 32.02 Ma
• Total group Bolinichthys (Bolinichthys sp.†) 5.33 Ma
• Total group Polymixiiformes (Homonotichthys dorsalis†) 93.6 Ma
• Crown Percopsiformes (Massamorichthys wilsoni†) 63.1 Ma
• Amblyopsidae vs Aphredoderidae (Trichophanes foliarum†) 33.07 Ma
• Crown Zeiformes (Cretzeus rinaldii†) 69.71 Ma
• Crown Zeidae (Zenopsis clarus, Zenopsis tyleri, and Zenopsis hoernesi†) 32.02 Ma
• Crown Gadiformes (Rhinocephalus planiceps†) 53.7 Ma
• Total group Macrouridae (Nezumia lindsayi†) 41.3 Ma
• Meluccius merluccius (Merluccius cf. merluccius†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Gaidropsarus (Gaidropsarus pilleri†) 13.53 Ma
• Gadiculus (Gadiculus cf. jonas†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Bregmaceros (Bregmaceros filamentosus†) 41.3 Ma
• Total group Lampridformes (Aipichthys velifer†) 98 Ma
• Total group Lamprididae (Turkmene finitimus†) 54.17 Ma
• Total group Lophotidae (Eolophotes lenis†) 41.3 Ma
• Trachipteridae (Trachipterus mauritanicus†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Holocentroidei (Stichocentrus liratus†) 98 Ma
• Crown Holocentridae (Berybolcensis leptacanthus†) 49 Ma
• Total group Trachichthyoidei (Hoplopteryx lewesensis†) 93.6 Ma
• Total group Gephyroberyx (Gephyroberyx robustus†) 32.02 Ma
• Crown Stephanoberyciformes (Miobarbourisia aomori†) 9.83 Ma
• Total group Hypsigenyini (Phyllophyarngodon longipinnis†) 49 Ma
• Total group Calotomus (Calotomus priesli†) 13.53 Ma
• Total group Tautoga (Tautoga sp.†) 15 Ma
• Crown Lophiiformes (Caruso brachysomus†) 49 Ma
• MRCA Lophioides plus Lophius (Eosladenia caucasica†) 38 Ma
• Total group Ogcocephalidae (Tarkus squirei†) 49 Ma
• Total group Antennaridae (Eophryne barbutii†) 49 Ma
• Oneiroides (Oneiroides sp.†) 7.42 Ma
• Antennarius ocellatus group (Antennarius monodi†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Triodontidae (Ctenoplectus williamsi†) 53.7 Ma
• Total group Ostraciidae (Eolactoria sorbinii†) 49 Ma
• Crown group Ostraciidae (Oligolactoria bubiki†) 30.28 Ma
• Total group Balistoidei (Eospinus daniltshenkoi†) 54.17 Ma
• Total group Triacanthidae (Protacanthodes nimesensis†) 49 Ma
• MRCA Tydemania, Triacanthodes (Carpathospinosus propheticus†) 26.93 Ma
• Crown Balistoidei (Oligobalistes robustus†) 32.02 Ma
• Total group Tetraodontoidei (Balkaria histiopterygia†) 55.8 Ma
• Crown Molidae (Austromola angerhoferi†) 21.12 Ma
• Total group Diodontidae (Heptadiodon echinus†) 49 Ma
• MRCA Sphoeroides, Tetraodon (Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi†) 32.02 Ma
• Total group Scatophagidae (Eoscatophagus frontalis†) 49 Ma
• Total group Siganidae (Siganopygaeus rarus†) 54.17 Ma
• Total group Luvarus (Luvarus necopinatus†) 54.17 Ma
• Total group Zanclus (Eozanclus brevirostris†) 49 Ma
• Crown group Acanthuridae (Proacanthurus tenuis†) 49 Ma
• Total group Malacanthus (Malacanthus carosii†) 13.53 Ma
• Total group Lopholatilus (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps†) 13.82 Ma
• Total group Chaetodontidae (Chaetodontidae indet. (Tholichthys larval stage)†) 29.62 Ma
• Total group Chaetodon (Chaetodon ficheuri†) 5.333 Ma
• Total group Astroscopus (Astroscopus countermani†) 7.246 Ma
• Total group Archoplites (Archoplites clarki†) 15.4 Ma
• Gasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteus cf. wheatlandi†) 13.1 Ma
• Total group Trichuroidea (Argestichthys vysotzkyi†) 54.17 Ma
• Crown Scombridae (Eocoelopoma portentosum†) 54.17 Ma
• Total group Champsodontidae (Eochampsodon elongatus†) 38 Ma
• Total group Macrorhamphosa (Gasterorhamphosus zuppichinii†) 69.71 Ma
• Total group Centriscidae (Gerpegezhus paviai†) 55.8 Ma
• Total group Hippocampus (Hippocampus samarticus†) 49 Ma
• Total group Gobiiformes (Carlomonnius quasigobius†) 49 Ma
• Total group Kribia (Lepidocottus aries†) 23.03 Ma
• Total group Channidae (Anchichanna kuldanensis†) 41.3 Ma
• Total group Latidae (Eolates gracilis†) 49 Ma
• Total group Menidae (Mene purdyi†) 55.2 Ma
• Total group Echeneoidei (Ductor vestenae†) 49 Ma
• Total group Echeneidae (Oligoremora rhenana†) 29.62 Ma
• Total group Scomberoidini (Scomberoides spinosus†) 19.3 Ma
• Total group Carangini (Eastmanalepes primaevus†) 49 Ma
• Total group Pleuronectiformes (Heteronectes chaneti†) 49 Ma
• Total group Sphyraenidae (Sphyraena bolcensis†) 49 Ma
• Subset Pleuronectoidei (Eobothus minimus†) 49 Ma
• Subset Pleuronectoidei (Oligopleuronectes germanicus†) 29.62 Ma
• Total group Bothidae (Oligobothus pristinus†) 29.62 Ma
• Total group Soleidae (Eubuglossus eocenicus†) 41.2 Ma
• Total group Bothus (Bothus sp.†) 11.056 Ma
• Total group Pomacentridae (Palaeopomacentrus orphae†) 49 Ma
• Crown Cichlidae (Mahengechromis spp†) 45 Ma
• Crown Geophagini (Gymnogeophagus eocenicus†) 39.5 Ma
• Total group Nandopsis haitiensis (Nandopsis woodringi†) 3.6 Ma
• Total group Exocoetidae (Ramphexocoetus volans†) 49 Ma
• Total group Valenciidae (Francolebias aymardi†) 28.1 Ma

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