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Acropomatiformes

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Acropomatiformes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Eupercaria
Order: Acropomatiformes
Davis, Sparks & Smith, 2016

The Acropomatiformes[1][2][3][4] or Pempheriformes [5] are an order of fish from the group of perch relatives Percomorpha. The relationship of the families assigned to the Acropomatiformes is based on molecular biological studies and is not yet supported by morphological characteristics.

Stereolepis gigas, with a maximum length of 2.5 m, the largest species of the Pempheriformes

As early as 2007, Smith and Craig established a relationship between the wreckfish Polyprionidae, the longfin pike Dinolestes lewini, the armored heads Pentacerotidae and the lanternbellies Acropomatidae. In February 2009, Blaise Li and colleagues described a monophyletic clade composed of the Howellidae, the Lateolabracidae and the deep-sea cardinalfishes Epigonidae in their analysis of the relationships between the various groups of the Acanthomorpha.

In a revision of the bony fish systematics published in early 2013 by Ricardo Betancur-R. and colleagues, an order Pempheriformes with a total of 14 families was introduced as a new order of the perch-like family Percomorphaceae. The families assigned to this order previously belonged to the order of the perch-like family Perciformes. However, with the advent of cladistics and the method of DNA comparison for relationship analysis, it became clear that the Perciformes do not represent a monophylum. In October 2015, two and in October 2018 four more families were added, so that the order Pempheriformes comprises a total of 20 fish families at the end of 2018. Davis, Sparks and Smith changed the name of the order to Acropomatiformes in 2016, which was adopted by FishBase and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, two online databases on the systematics of fish.

Lifestyle

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All species of Acropomatiformes live in the sea, some also live in brackish water, no species lives in fresh water. Numerous species of Acropomatiformes have the ability to bioluminescence. This ability has arisen four to five times independently within the Acropomatiformes.

Systematics

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The Acropomatiformes include over 300 species in 20 families worldwide.

References

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  1. ^ "Order Summary for Acropomatiformes". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. ^ Parenti, Paolo (January 13, 2019). "ORDER ACROPOMATIFORMES" – via ResearchGate. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Davis, Matthew P.; Sparks, John S.; Smith, W. Leo (2016-06-08). Thuesen, Erik V. (ed.). "Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0155154. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155154. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4898709. PMID 27276229.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  4. ^ Ghedotti, Michael J.; Gruber, Josephine N.; Barton, Ryan W.; Davis, Matthew P.; Smith, W. Leo (October 22, 2018). "Morphology and evolution of bioluminescent organs in the glowbellies (Percomorpha: Acropomatidae) with comments on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Acropomatiformes". Journal of Morphology. 279 (11): 1640–1653. doi:10.1002/jmor.20894. ISSN 0362-2525.
  5. ^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Pempheriformes)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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