title: Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae).
abstract: The phylogenetic relationships of Asian schilbid catfishes of the genera Clupisoma, Ailia, Horabagrus, Laides and Pseudeutropius are poorly understood, especially those of Clupisoma. Herein, we reconstruct the phylogeny of 38 species of catfishes belonging to 28 genera and 14 families using the concatenated mitochondrial genes COI, cytb, and 16S rRNA, as well as the nuclear genes RAG1 and RAG2. The resulting phylogenetic trees consistently place Clupisoma as the sister taxon of Laides, and the five representative Asian schilbid genera form two monophyletic groups with the relationships (Ailia (Laides, Clupisoma)) and (Horabagrus, Pseudeutropius). The so-called "Big Asia" lineage relates distantly to African schilbids. Independent analyses of the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data yield differing trees for the two Asian schilbid groups. Analyses of the mitochondrial gene data support a sister-group relationship for (Ailia (Laides, Clupisoma)) and the Sisoroidea and a sister-taxon association of (Horabagrus, Pseudeutropius) and the Bagridae. In contrast, analyses of the combined nuclear data indicate (Ailia (Laides, Clupisoma)) to be the sister group to (Horabagrus, Pseudeutropius). Our results indicate that the Horabagridae, recognized by some authors as consisting of Horabagrus, Pseudeutropius and Clupisoma does not include the latter genus. We formally erect a new family, Ailiidae fam. nov. for a monophyletic Asian group comprised of the genera Ailia, Laides and Clupisoma.
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Ruiguang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zan
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.|State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Rongyao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Yunnan University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming 650091, China.|School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.|Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's park, Toronto, M5S 2C6, Canada.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
authors.forename: Ziming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D045303:Cytochromes b; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV