Actinopterygii
The ray-finned fishes
John G. Lundberg
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The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.
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close boxReferences
Carroll, R. H. 1988. Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. W. H. Freeman & Co. New York.
Nelson, J. S. 1994. Fishes of the World. 3rd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, N.Y.
Information on the Internet
- DeepFin. Phylogeny of all fishes.
- Fishbase: A Global Information System on Fishes
- Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server Ichthyology Resources
- California Academy of Sciences Ichthyology Resources
- Catalog of Fishes. William N. Eschmeyer, Editor. Published by the California Academy of Sciences.
- Australian Museum Fish Site
- Inter-Institutional Database of Fish Biodiversity in the Neotropics (NEODAT)
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) Ichthyology
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Division of Fishes
- University of Alberta Mesozoic Fishes Page
- Keith L. Jackson's Ichthyology Web Resources
- Otolith Research Laboratory. Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
- Cichlid Research Home Page
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Esox masquinongy |
|---|---|
| Comments | Muskellunge |
| Creator | Eric Engbretson |
| Acknowledgements | Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
About This Page
John G. Lundberg
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
Page copyright © 1995
Citing this page:
Lundberg, John G. 1995. Actinopterygii. The ray-finned fishes. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Actinopterygii/14923/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
