title: Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae).
abstract: Bodianus wrasses comprise one of the most diverse genera of labrids. Also known as hogfishes due to the presence of a large pig-like snout, Bodianus species are found in warm waters across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To this date no densely sampled molecular phylogeny is available for this group, and a single morphological study did not include two genera (Clepticus and Semicossyphus) that have been shown to belong within hogfishes by molecular studies. Our study produced the first multi-locus molecular phylogeny of Bodianus species, and corroborated the non-monophyly of this group without the inclusion of the Creole wrasse (Clepticus) and the sheepheads (Semicossyphus). We further showed that hogfishes and allies started to radiate during the Early Miocene, ∼20Ma, and that while this group originated in the Indo-western and South-western Pacific, it experienced multiple episodes during which it successfully invaded different geographic regions and/or ocean basins.
authors.affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 610 Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: francesco.santini@alumni.utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 610 Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sorenson
authors.affiliation: University of California Los Angeles, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 610 Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Alfaro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D019156:Indian Ocean; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010473:Perciformes / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Biogeography; Bodianus; Clepticus; Phylogeny; Semicossyphus