319 of 623 species (51%) have genetic data.

Contents

TaxonRankSampled / totalSamplingMean λDR
PoeciliidaeFamily156 / 355 44%0.14
Cyprinodontidae*Family72 / 140 51%0.43
GoodeidaeFamily40 / 55 73%0.17
FundulidaeFamily37 / 46 80%0.11
AnablepidaeFamily5 / 17 29%0.06
ProfundulidaeFamily7 / 8 88%0.08
ValenciidaeFamily2 / 2 100%0.02

Taxa marked with * were not recovered as monophyletic in our phylogenetic analysis.

Species

Largest genera

Sampled species out of the total in each genus:

  • Cyprinodon 32/57
  • Gambusia 29/45
  • Orestias 13/45
  • Fundulus 34/41
  • Poecilia 17/40

Familiar species

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

  • Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus (mummichog)
  • Poecilia reticulata (guppy)
  • Xiphophorus maculatus (southern platyfish)

All species

Species with genetic data are in bold.

Species list
  • Anableps anableps
  • Jenynsia lineata
  • Jenynsia maculata
  • Jenynsia onca
  • Oxyzygonectes dovii
  • Aphanius anatoliae
  • Aphanius arakensis
  • Aphanius chantrei
  • Aphanius danfordii
  • Aphanius dispar dispar
  • Aphanius dispar richardsoni
  • Aphanius farsicus
  • Aphanius fasciatus
  • Aphanius ginaonis
  • Aphanius iberus
  • Aphanius isfahanensis
  • Aphanius mento
  • Aphanius mesopotamicus
  • Aphanius saourensis
  • Aphanius sirhani
  • Aphanius sophiae
  • Aphanius splendens
  • Aphanius sureyanus
  • Aphanius transgrediens
  • Aphanius villwocki
  • Aphanius vladykovi
  • Cualac tessellatus
  • Cyprinodon albivelis
  • Cyprinodon alvarezi
  • Cyprinodon artifrons
  • Cyprinodon atrorus
  • Cyprinodon bifasciatus
  • Cyprinodon bondi
  • Cyprinodon bovinus
  • Cyprinodon dearborni
  • Cyprinodon diabolis
  • Cyprinodon elegans
  • Cyprinodon eremus
  • Cyprinodon eximius
  • Cyprinodon fontinalis
  • Cyprinodon higuey
  • Cyprinodon hubbsi
  • Cyprinodon macrolepis
  • Cyprinodon macularius
  • Cyprinodon meeki
  • Cyprinodon nazas
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis nevadensis
  • Cyprinodon nichollsi
  • Cyprinodon pachycephalus
  • Cyprinodon pecosensis
  • Cyprinodon pisteri
  • Cyprinodon radiosus
  • Cyprinodon riverendi
  • Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
  • Cyprinodon salinus salinus
  • Cyprinodon tularosa
  • Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus
  • Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus
  • Cyprinodon veronicae
  • Floridichthys carpio
  • Floridichthys polyommus
  • Garmanella pulchra
  • Jordanella floridae
  • Megupsilon aporus
  • Orestias agassizii
  • Orestias ascotanensis
  • Orestias chungarensis
  • Orestias gilsoni
  • Orestias gloriae
  • Orestias imarpe
  • Orestias ispi
  • Orestias laucaensis
  • Orestias luteus
  • Orestias parinacotensis
  • Orestias piacotensis
  • Orestias puni
  • Orestias silustani
  • Adinia xenica
  • Fundulus bermudae
  • Fundulus bifax
  • Fundulus blairae
  • Fundulus catenatus
  • Fundulus chrysotus
  • Fundulus cingulatus
  • Fundulus confluentus
  • Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
  • Fundulus dispar
  • Fundulus escambiae
  • Fundulus euryzonus
  • Fundulus grandis
  • Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
  • Fundulus jenkinsi
  • Fundulus julisia
  • Fundulus kansae
  • Fundulus lima
  • Fundulus lineolatus
  • Fundulus luciae
  • Fundulus majalis
  • Fundulus notatus
  • Fundulus nottii
  • Fundulus olivaceus
  • Fundulus parvipinnis
  • Fundulus pulvereus
  • Fundulus rathbuni
  • Fundulus relictus
  • Fundulus rubrifrons
  • Fundulus sciadicus
  • Fundulus seminolis
  • Fundulus similis
  • Fundulus stellifer
  • Fundulus waccamensis
  • Fundulus zebrinus
  • Lucania goodei
  • Lucania parva
  • Allodontichthys hubbsi
  • Allodontichthys polylepis
  • Allodontichthys tamazulae
  • Allodontichthys zonistius
  • Alloophorus robustus
  • Allotoca catarinae
  • Allotoca diazi
  • Allotoca dugesii
  • Allotoca goslinei
  • Allotoca maculata
  • Allotoca meeki
  • Allotoca regalis
  • Allotoca zacapuensis
  • Ameca splendens
  • Ataeniobius toweri
  • Chapalichthys encaustus
  • Chapalichthys pardalis
  • Characodon audax
  • Characodon lateralis
  • Crenichthys baileyi baileyi
  • Empetrichthys latos latos
  • Girardinichthys multiradiatus
  • Girardinichthys viviparus
  • Goodea atripinnis
  • Goodea gracilis
  • Hubbsina turneri
  • Ilyodon furcidens
  • Ilyodon whitei
  • Ilyodon xantusi
  • Skiffia bilineata
  • Skiffia francesae
  • Skiffia lermae
  • Skiffia multipunctata
  • Xenoophorus captivus
  • Xenotaenia resolanae
  • Xenotoca eiseni
  • Xenotoca melanosoma
  • Xenotoca variata
  • Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis
  • Zoogoneticus tequila
  • Alfaro cultratus
  • Alfaro huberi
  • Belonesox belizanus
  • Brachyrhaphis cascajalensis
  • Brachyrhaphis episcopi
  • Brachyrhaphis hartwegi
  • Brachyrhaphis holdridgei
  • Brachyrhaphis parismina
  • Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora
  • Brachyrhaphis roseni
  • Brachyrhaphis terrabensis
  • Carlhubbsia kidderi
  • Carlhubbsia stuarti
  • Cnesterodon decemmaculatus
  • Cnesterodon hypselurus
  • Gambusia affinis
  • Gambusia atrora
  • Gambusia aurata
  • Gambusia clarkhubbsi
  • Gambusia eurystoma
  • Gambusia gaigei
  • Gambusia geiseri
  • Gambusia heterochir
  • Gambusia hispaniolae
  • Gambusia holbrooki
  • Gambusia hurtadoi
  • Gambusia krumholzi
  • Gambusia lemaitrei
  • Gambusia luma
  • Gambusia manni
  • Gambusia marshi
  • Gambusia melapleura
  • Gambusia nicaraguensis
  • Gambusia panuco
  • Gambusia punctata
  • Gambusia puncticulata
  • Gambusia regani
  • Gambusia rhizophorae
  • Gambusia sexradiata
  • Gambusia speciosa
  • Gambusia vittata
  • Gambusia wrayi
  • Gambusia yucatana
  • Gambusia zarskei
  • Girardinus creolus
  • Girardinus denticulatus
  • Girardinus falcatus
  • Girardinus metallicus
  • Girardinus microdactylus
  • Girardinus uninotatus
  • Heterandria formosa
  • Heterophallus milleri
  • Heterophallus rachovii
  • Limia caymanensis
  • Limia dominicensis
  • Limia heterandria
  • Limia melanogaster
  • Limia melanonotata
  • Limia nigrofasciata
  • Limia pauciradiata
  • Limia perugiae
  • Limia tridens
  • Limia versicolor
  • Limia vittata
  • Limia zonata
  • Micropoecilia bifurca
  • Micropoecilia branneri
  • Micropoecilia picta
  • Neoheterandria elegans
  • Neoheterandria tridentiger
  • Pamphorichthys araguaiensis
  • Pamphorichthys hasemani
  • Pamphorichthys hollandi
  • Pamphorichthys minor
  • Pamphorichthys scalpridens
  • Phallichthys amates
  • Phallichthys quadripunctatus
  • Phallichthys tico
  • Phalloptychus januarius
  • Poecilia butleri
  • Poecilia catemaconis
  • Poecilia caucana
  • Poecilia gillii
  • Poecilia latipinna
  • Poecilia latipunctata
  • Poecilia mexicana
  • Poecilia obscura
  • Poecilia orri
  • Poecilia parae
  • Poecilia petenensis
  • Poecilia reticulata
  • Poecilia sphenops
  • Poecilia sulphuraria
  • Poecilia velifera
  • Poecilia vivipara
  • Poecilia wingei
  • Poeciliopsis baenschi
  • Poeciliopsis catemaco
  • Poeciliopsis elongata
  • Poeciliopsis fasciata
  • Poeciliopsis gracilis
  • Poeciliopsis hnilickai
  • Poeciliopsis infans
  • Poeciliopsis latidens
  • Poeciliopsis lucida
  • Poeciliopsis monacha
  • Poeciliopsis occidentalis
  • Poeciliopsis paucimaculata
  • Poeciliopsis pleurospilus
  • Poeciliopsis presidionis
  • Poeciliopsis prolifica
  • Poeciliopsis retropinna
  • Poeciliopsis scarlli
  • Poeciliopsis sonoriensis
  • Poeciliopsis turneri
  • Poeciliopsis turrubarensis
  • Poeciliopsis viriosa
  • Priapella chamulae
  • Priapella compressa
  • Priapella intermedia
  • Priapella lacandonae
  • Priapella olmecae
  • Priapichthys annectens
  • Priapichthys puetzi
  • Pseudopoecilia festae
  • Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus
  • Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii
  • Pseudoxiphophorus obliquus
  • Quintana atrizona
  • Scolichthys greenwayi
  • Xenodexia ctenolepis
  • Xenophallus umbratilis
  • Xiphophorus alvarezi
  • Xiphophorus andersi
  • Xiphophorus clemenciae
  • Xiphophorus continens
  • Xiphophorus cortezi
  • Xiphophorus couchianus
  • Xiphophorus evelynae
  • Xiphophorus gordoni
  • Xiphophorus hellerii
  • Xiphophorus kallmani
  • Xiphophorus maculatus
  • Xiphophorus malinche
  • Xiphophorus mayae
  • Xiphophorus meyeri
  • Xiphophorus milleri
  • Xiphophorus mixei
  • Xiphophorus montezumae
  • Xiphophorus monticolus
  • Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
  • Xiphophorus nigrensis
  • Xiphophorus pygmaeus
  • Xiphophorus signum
  • Xiphophorus variatus
  • Xiphophorus xiphidium
  • Profundulus candalarius
  • Profundulus guatemalensis
  • Profundulus hildebrandi
  • Profundulus labialis
  • Profundulus oaxacae
  • Profundulus portillorum
  • Profundulus punctatus
  • Valencia hispanica
  • Valencia letourneuxi
  • Anableps dowei
  • Anableps microlepis
  • Jenynsia alternimaculata
  • Jenynsia diphyes
  • Jenynsia eigenmanni
  • Jenynsia eirmostigma
  • Jenynsia multidentata
  • Jenynsia obscura
  • Jenynsia sanctaecatarinae
  • Jenynsia tucumana
  • Jenynsia unitaenia
  • Jenynsia weitzmani
  • Aphanius almiriensis
  • Aphanius apodus
  • Aphanius asquamatus
  • Aphanius baeticus
  • Aphanius burdurensis
  • Aphanius desioi
  • Aphanius pluristriatus
  • Aphanius punctatus
  • Aphanius stiassnyae
  • Cubanichthys cubensis
  • Cubanichthys pengelleyi
  • Cyprinodon arcuatus
  • Cyprinodon beltrani
  • Cyprinodon bobmilleri
  • Cyprinodon brontotheroides
  • Cyprinodon ceciliae
  • Cyprinodon desquamator
  • Cyprinodon esconditus
  • Cyprinodon inmemoriam
  • Cyprinodon julimes
  • Cyprinodon labiosus
  • Cyprinodon laciniatus
  • Cyprinodon latifasciatus
  • Cyprinodon longidorsalis
  • Cyprinodon maya
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone
  • Cyprinodon salinus milleri
  • Cyprinodon salvadori
  • Cyprinodon simus
  • Cyprinodon suavium
  • Cyprinodon variegatus baconi
  • Cyprinodon verecundus
  • Orestias albus
  • Orestias crawfordi
  • Orestias ctenolepis
  • Orestias cuvieri
  • Orestias elegans
  • Orestias empyraeus
  • Orestias forgeti
  • Orestias frontosus
  • Orestias gracilis
  • Orestias gymnotus
  • Orestias hardini
  • Orestias incae
  • Orestias jussiei
  • Orestias lastarriae
  • Orestias minimus
  • Orestias minutus
  • Orestias mooni
  • Orestias mulleri
  • Orestias multiporis
  • Orestias mundus
  • Orestias olivaceus
  • Orestias pentlandii
  • Orestias polonorum
  • Orestias richersoni
  • Orestias robustus
  • Orestias taquiri
  • Orestias tchernavini
  • Orestias tomcooni
  • Orestias tschudii
  • Orestias tutini
  • Orestias uruni
  • Orestias ututo
  • Fundulus albolineatus
  • Fundulus diaphanus menona
  • Fundulus grandissimus
  • Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
  • Fundulus persimilis
  • Fundulus philpisteri
  • Fundulus saguanus
  • Leptolucania ommata
  • Lucania interioris
  • Chapalichthys peraticus
  • Characodon garmani
  • Crenichthys baileyi albivallis
  • Crenichthys baileyi grandis
  • Crenichthys baileyi moapae
  • Crenichthys baileyi thermophilus
  • Crenichthys nevadae
  • Empetrichthys latos concavus
  • Empetrichthys latos pahrump
  • Empetrichthys merriami
  • Girardinichthys ireneae
  • Goodea luitpoldii
  • Ilyodon cortesae
  • Ilyodon lennoni
  • Zoogoneticus purhepechus
  • Aplocheilichthys antinorii
  • Aplocheilichthys atripinna
  • Aplocheilichthys brichardi
  • Aplocheilichthys bukobanus
  • Aplocheilichthys centralis
  • Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni
  • Aplocheilichthys hutereaui
  • Aplocheilichthys jeanneli
  • Aplocheilichthys johnstoni
  • Aplocheilichthys katangae
  • Aplocheilichthys kingii
  • Aplocheilichthys kongoranensis
  • Aplocheilichthys lacustris
  • Aplocheilichthys lualabaensis
  • Aplocheilichthys macrurus
  • Aplocheilichthys mahagiensis
  • Aplocheilichthys meyburghi
  • Aplocheilichthys moeruensis
  • Aplocheilichthys myaposae
  • Aplocheilichthys myersi
  • Aplocheilichthys pumilus
  • Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus
  • Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
  • Aplocheilichthys vitschumbaensis
  • Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi
  • Brachyrhaphis olomina
  • Brachyrhaphis punctifer
  • Brachyrhaphis roswithae
  • Cnesterodon brevirostratus
  • Cnesterodon carnegiei
  • Cnesterodon holopteros
  • Cnesterodon iguape
  • Cnesterodon omorgmatos
  • Cnesterodon pirai
  • Cnesterodon raddai
  • Cnesterodon septentrionalis
  • Fluviphylax obscurus
  • Fluviphylax palikur
  • Fluviphylax pygmaeus
  • Fluviphylax simplex
  • Fluviphylax zonatus
  • Gambusia alvarezi
  • Gambusia amistadensis
  • Gambusia baracoana
  • Gambusia beebei
  • Gambusia bucheri
  • Gambusia dominicensis
  • Gambusia echeagarayi
  • Gambusia georgei
  • Gambusia longispinis
  • Gambusia monticola
  • Gambusia myersi
  • Gambusia nobilis
  • Gambusia pseudopunctata
  • Gambusia quadruncus
  • Gambusia senilis
  • Gambusia xanthosoma
  • Girardinus cubensis
  • Heterandria anzuetoi
  • Heterandria attenuata
  • Heterandria bimaculata
  • Heterandria cataractae
  • Heterandria dirempta
  • Heterandria jonesii
  • Heterandria litoperas
  • Heterandria tuxtlaensis
  • Hylopanchax leki
  • Hylopanchax moke
  • Hylopanchax ndeko
  • Hylopanchax silvestris
  • Hylopanchax stictopleuron
  • Hypsopanchax catenatus
  • Hypsopanchax deprimozi
  • Hypsopanchax jobaerti
  • Hypsopanchax jubbi
  • Hypsopanchax platysternus
  • Hypsopanchax zebra
  • Lacustricola maculatus
  • Lacustricola matthesi
  • Lacustricola mediolateralis
  • Lacustricola nigrolateralis
  • Lacustricola omoculatus
  • Lacustricola usanguensis
  • Lamprichthys tanganicanus
  • Limia fuscomaculata
  • Limia garnieri
  • Limia grossidens
  • Limia immaculata
  • Limia miragoanensis
  • Limia ornata
  • Limia rivasi
  • Limia sulphurophila
  • Limia yaguajali
  • Micropanchax bracheti
  • Micropanchax camerunensis
  • Micropanchax ehrichi
  • Micropanchax keilhacki
  • Micropanchax loati
  • Micropanchax macrophthalmus
  • Micropanchax pelagicus
  • Micropanchax pfaffi
  • Micropanchax scheeli
  • Micropoecilia minima
  • Neoheterandria cana
  • Pamphorichthys pertapeh
  • Pantanodon madagascariensis
  • Pantanodon stuhlmanni
  • Phallichthys fairweatheri
  • Phalloceros alessandrae
  • Phalloceros anisophallos
  • Phalloceros aspilos
  • Phalloceros buckupi
  • Phalloceros caudimaculatus
  • Phalloceros elachistos
  • Phalloceros enneaktinos
  • Phalloceros harpagos
  • Phalloceros heptaktinos
  • Phalloceros leptokeras
  • Phalloceros leticiae
  • Phalloceros lucenorum
  • Phalloceros malabarbai
  • Phalloceros megapolos
  • Phalloceros mikrommatos
  • Phalloceros ocellatus
  • Phalloceros pellos
  • Phalloceros reisi
  • Phalloceros spiloura
  • Phalloceros titthos
  • Phalloceros tupinamba
  • Phalloceros uai
  • Phalloptychus eigenmanni
  • Phallotorynus dispilos
  • Phallotorynus fasciolatus
  • Phallotorynus jucundus
  • Phallotorynus pankalos
  • Phallotorynus psittakos
  • Phallotorynus victoriae
  • Plataplochilus cabindae
  • Plataplochilus chalcopyrus
  • Plataplochilus loemensis
  • Plataplochilus miltotaenia
  • Plataplochilus mimus
  • Plataplochilus ngaensis
  • Plataplochilus pulcher
  • Plataplochilus terveri
  • Platypanchax modestus
  • Poecilia boesemani
  • Poecilia caudofasciata
  • Poecilia chica
  • Poecilia dauli
  • Poecilia dominicensis
  • Poecilia elegans
  • Poecilia formosa
  • Poecilia hispaniolana
  • Poecilia hondurensis
  • Poecilia kempkesi
  • Poecilia koperi
  • Poecilia kykesis
  • Poecilia marcellinoi
  • Poecilia maylandi
  • Poecilia mechthildae
  • Poecilia nicholsi
  • Poecilia rositae
  • Poecilia salvatoris
  • Poecilia sarrafae
  • Poecilia teresae
  • Poecilia vandepolli
  • Poecilia waiapi
  • Poecilia wandae
  • Poeciliopsis balsas
  • Poeciliopsis lutzi
  • Poeciliopsis santaelena
  • Poropanchax hannerzi
  • Poropanchax luxophthalmus
  • Poropanchax normani
  • Poropanchax rancureli
  • Poropanchax stigmatopygus
  • Priapella bonita
  • Priapichthys caliensis
  • Priapichthys chocoensis
  • Priapichthys darienensis
  • Priapichthys nigroventralis
  • Priapichthys panamensis
  • Procatopus aberrans
  • Procatopus nototaenia
  • Procatopus similis
  • Procatopus websteri
  • Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana
  • Pseudopoecilia fria
  • Rhexipanchax kabae
  • Rhexipanchax lamberti
  • Rhexipanchax nimbaensis
  • Rhexipanchax schioetzi
  • Scolichthys iota
  • Tomeurus gracilis
  • Xiphophorus birchmanni
  • Xiphophorus kosszanderi
  • Xiphophorus multilineatus
  • Xiphophorus roseni
  • Profundulus kreiseri

Gene coverage

Share of the 319 sampled species with data for each gene
GeneSpecies with data% of sampled species
cytb28088%
coi12238%
nd211636%
rag18727%
12s8025%
16s3511%
myh63310%
enc1278%
sh3px3278%
glyt268%
rhodopsin248%
plagl2124%
tbr1124%
ptr113%
kiaa1239103%
ficd93%
sidkey93%
panx283%
hoxc6a72%
sreb252%
vcpip41%
svep131%
zic131%
ripk421%
4c41<1%
nd400%
rag200%

Enclosed taxa

7 families
Family
Anablepidae
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulidae
Goodeidae
Poeciliidae
Profundulidae
Valenciidae

Fossil calibrations

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Phylogenies

Phylogram of Cyprinodontoidei

Time-calibrated phylogeny of Cyprinodontoidei

Sequence data

Phylip sequences for Cyprinodontoidei

RAxML-style partitions file

Nexus file for Cyprinodontoidei (includes character partitions and phylogeny)