Table 2 Differences in the recognition of families between JS Nelson, T Grande and MVH Wilson's (NGW [42]) and R Van Der Laan, WN Eschmeyer and R Fricke's(vdLE [62]) classifications and the update proposed herein. Taxa are listed in alphabetic order. NEL: [41]
Family | Differences with NGW | Differences with vdLE | Justification/Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
“Cyclopsettidae” | Provisionally recognized as “Cyclopsettidae” herein | Provisionally recognized as “Cyclopsettidae” herein | Awaits formal description; see [259] |
“Pantanodontidae” | Provisionally recognized as “Pantanodontidae” herein | Provisionally recognized as “Pantanodontidae” herein | Awaits formal description; see [283] |
“Percalatidae” | Provisionally recognized as “Percalatidae” herein | Provisionally recognized as “Percalatidae” herein | Awaits formal description; see text |
“Percophidae” | Provisionally recognized as “Percophidae” herein | Provisionally recognized as “Percophidae” herein | Awaits formal description; lineage in Pempheriformes not related to Percophidae (Perciformes); see also [242] |
“Rivulidae” | Provisionally recognized as “Rivulidae” herein; Rivulidae in NGW | _ | The name Rivulidae is preoccupied in Lepidoptera (see vdLE) |
Abyssocottidae | _ | Synonym of Cottidae herein | Following [345] |
Acheilognathidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Achiropsettidae | Synonym of Rhombosoleidae herein | Synonym of Rhombosoleidae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness [e.g., 259] |
Anotopteridae | Synonym of Paralepididae in NGW | _ | Following [216] |
Aphyonidae | Synonym of Bythitidae herein | Synonym of Bythitidae herein | Following [231] |
Apistidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE and [231] |
Arapaimidae | _ | Synomym of Osteoglossidae herein | Following [161] |
Atherionidae | Synonym (subfamily) of Atherinopsidae herein | _ | Following [274] |
Bathygadidae | _ | Synonym (subfamily) of Macrouridae in vdLE | Following [223] |
Bathylaconidae | Synonym of Alepocephalidae herein | _ | Following vdLE |
Bathylutichthyidae | Synonym of Psychrolutidae herein | Synonym of Psychrolutidae herein | Following [345] |
Bathysauropsidae | Subfamily of Ipnopidae in NGW | _ | Following [216] |
Bedotiidae | Subfamily of Melanotaeniidae in NGW | _ | Following . [274] and vdLE |
Bembropidae | Subfamily of Percophidae in NGW | Subfamily of Percophidae in vdLE | Following [58] |
Botiidae | _ | Subfamily of Cobitidae in vdLE | |
Bryconidae | Subfamily of Characidae in NGW | _ | |
Butidae | _ | Subfamily of Eleotridae in vdLE | |
Caesionidae | Synonym of Lutjanidae herein | Synonym of Lutjanidae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness |
Carapidae | Synonym of Ophidiidae herein | Synonym of Ophidiidae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness |
Centracanthidae | _ | Synonym of Sparidae herein | |
Chalceidae | Omitted by NGW and NEL | _ | |
Cheimarrichthyidae | Spelled Cheimarrhichthyidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Colocongridae | Synomym of Derichthyidae in NGW | Synomym of Derichthyidae herein | Following [158] |
Comephoridae | _ | Synonym of Cottidae herein | Following [345] |
Congrogadidae | Subfamily of Pseudochromidae in NGW | Subfamily of Pseudochromidae in vdLE | Following our results and [268] |
Cottocomephoridae | _ | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Following [345] |
Danionidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Datnioididae | Synonym of Lobotidae in NGW | _ | Following [92] |
Dinematichthyidae | Synonym of Brosmophycinae, a subfamily of Bythitidae in NGW | _ | Following [231] |
Dussumieriidae | _ | Synonym of Clupeidae herein | Following [171] |
Elassomatidae | Subfamily of Centrarchidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE and our results |
Ereuniidae | _ | Synonym of Rhamphocottidae herein | Following [345] |
Eulophiidae | _ | Synonym of Zoarcidae in vdLE | Following [344] |
Gaidropsaridae | Subfamily of Gadidae in NGW | Subfamily of Lotidae in vdLE | Formerly a subfamily of Lotidae; raised to family level in version 3 |
Gastromyzontidae | _ | Subfamily of Balitoridae in vdLE | |
Girellidae | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in NGW | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in vdLE | Following our results and several recent studies [186, 321, 324, 325, 327] |
Gobionellidae | _ | Junior synonym of Oxudercidae | See NGW |
Gobionidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Hapalogenyidae | Spelled Hapalogeniidae in NGW | _ | See vdLE and [92] |
Hemerocoetidae | Subfamily of Percophidae in NGW | Subfamily of Percophidae in vdLE | Following [242] |
Hemitripteridae | _ | Synonym of Agonidae herein | Following [345] |
Iguanodectidae | Subfamily of Characidae in NGW | _ | |
Jordaniidae | _ | Subfamily of Cottidae in vdLE | Following [345] |
Kraemeriidae | _ | Synonym of Gobiidae herein | |
Kryptoglanidae | Synonym of Siluridae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE and [345] |
Latidae | Synonym of Centropomidae herein | Synonym of Centropomidae herein | |
Leptobarbidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Leptobramidae | Omitted by NGW; listed in erratum | _ | _ |
Leptochilichthyidae | _ | Synomym of Alepocephalidae herein | |
Lestidiidae | _ | Tribe of Paralepididae in vdLE | Following [217] and NGW |
Leuciscidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Lotidae | _ | Synonym of Gadidae herein | Following NGW |
Macroramphosidae | Synonym (subfamily) of Centriscidae herein | _ | Following vdLE |
Macruronidae | _ | Synonym of Merlucciinae in vdLE | Following [223] |
Microdesmidae | _ | Synonym of Gobiidae herein | |
Microcanthidae | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in NGW | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in vdLE | |
Milyeringidae | _ | Subfamily of Eleotridae in vdLE | |
Neosebastidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Niphonidae | Tribe of Serranidae in NGW | Synonym of Serranidae in vdLE | Following [58] |
Notocheiridae | Subfamily of Atherinopsidae herein | Subfamily of Atherinopsidae herein | Following [274] |
Odacidae | Synonym of Labridae herein | Synonym of Labridae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness |
Olyridae | _ | Synomym of Bagridae herein | Following [198] |
Omosudidae | Synonym of Alepisauridae in NGW | _ | Following [216] |
Ostracoberycidae | Omitted by NGW; valid in NEL | _ | Following vdLE |
Oxudercidae | _ | Subfamily of Gobiidae in vdLE | |
Paedocyprididae | Synonym of Danioninae in NGW | Synonym of Danioninae in vdLE | |
Parabembridae | Synonym of Bembridae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE and [357] |
Parabrotulidae | Synonym of Bythitidae herein | Synonym of Bythitidae herein | Following [232] |
Paralichthodidae | _ | Subfamily of Pleuronectidae in vdLE | |
Parascorpididae | Omitted by NGW; subfamily of Kyphosidae in NEL | _ | Following vdLE |
Perciliidae | Synonym of Percichthyidae herein | Synonym of Percichthyidae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness |
Perryenidae | Not recognized by NGW; Perryena listed under Congiopodidae | _ | Following [339] |
Phractolaemidae | _ | Synomym of Kneriidae herein | Following [21] |
Phycidae | Subfamily of Gadidae in NGW | _ | Following [223] |
Plectrogeniidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following [336] and vdLE |
Poecilopsettidae | _ | Subfamily of Pleuronectidae in vdLE | |
Polynemidae | Omitted by NGW; listed in erratum | _ | _ |
Prototroctidae | Synonym (subfamily) of Retropinnidae herein | _ | Following vdLE |
Pseudomugilidae | Subfamily of Melanotaeniidae in NGW | _ | Following [274] and vdLE |
Psilorhynchidae | _ | Synonym of Labeoninae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Ranicipitidae | _ | Synonym (tribe) of Gadidae in vdLE | Following [223] |
Rhombosoleidae | _ | Subfamily of Pleuronectidae in vdLE | |
Scaridae | Synonym of Labridae herein | Synonym of Labridae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness (e.g., [267]) |
Schindleriidae | _ | Synonym of Gobiidae herein | |
Scomberesocidae | Synonym of Belonidae herein | Synonym of Belonidae herein | Lumped due to phylogenetic nestedness (e.g., [279]) |
Scorpaenichthyidae | _ | Subfamily of Cottidae in vdLE | Following [345] |
Scorpididae | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in NGW | Subfamily of Kyphosidae in vdLE | |
Sebastidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Setarchidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Sinipercidae | _ | Subfamily of Percichthyidae in vdLE | Following [317] |
Steindachneriidae | _ | Subfamily of Merlucciidae in vdLE | Following [223] |
Sudidae | _ | Synonym of Paralepididae in vdLE | Following [216] |
Sundadanionidae | Synonym of Danioninae in NGW | Synonym of Danioninae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Sundasalangidae | _ | Synomym of Clupeidae herein | Following [171] |
Symphysanodontidae | Omitted by NGW; valid in NEL | _ | Following vdLE |
Synanceiidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Tanichthyidae | Synonym of Danioninae in NGW | Synonym of Xenocypridinae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Telmatherinidae | Subfamily of Melanotaeniidae in NGW | _ | Following [274] and vdLE |
Tetrarogidae | Subfamily of Scorpaenidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Tincidae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Trachyrincidae | _ | Synonym (subfamily) of Macrouridae in vdLE | Following [223] |
Triportheidae | Synonym of Iguanodectinae, a subfamily of Characidae in NGW | _ | |
Xenisthmidae | _ | Synonym of Eleotridae herein | |
Xenocyprididae | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in NGW | Subfamily of Cyprinidae in vdLE | Following [102] |
Zanclorhynchidae | Synonym of Congiopodidae in NGW | _ | Following vdLE |
Zaniolepididae | _ | Subfamily of Hexagrammidae in vdLE | Following [345] |