title: A multilocus phylogeny of Asian noodlefishes Salangidae (Teleostei: Osmeriformes) with a revised classification of the family.
abstract: A group of small and transparent Asian noodlefishes (Osmeriformes: Salangidae) are commercially important fishery species, however, interrelationships among these fishes remain unresolved in previous studies using mitochondrial markers. We re-examine phylogenetic relationships of Salangidae by including complete taxon sampling, based on seven nuclear loci and one mitochondrial gene using a multilocus coalescence-based species-tree method. Our results show a well-resolved phylogeny of Salangidae that does not agree with previous hypotheses. The topology test suggests that our hypothesis represents the most likely phylogeny. Using the inferred species-tree as criterion, we recombine the rank of subfamilies and genera in the Salangidae, and erect a new genus Neosalangichthys. Our revised classification of Salangidae is well supported by reinterpreting previously proposed diagnostic characters. Finally, re-defined synapomorphic characters are used to erect a key to the genera of Salangidae.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China. czfu@fudan.edu.cn
authors.forename: Cuizhang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guangchun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D036441:Osmeriformes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial