Austrofundulus

Tomas Hrbek, Donald C. Taphorn & Jamie E. Thomerson, 2005, Molecular phylogeny of Austrofundulus Myers (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with revision of the genus and the description of four new species., Zootaxa 825, pp. 1-39 : 9-11

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Austrofundulus
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We conducted maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony analyses of the data. The results of the two analyses are nearly identical. In maximum likelihood analysis, the Colombian Austrofundulus   ZBK are sister to all other Austrofundulus   ZBK (Fig. 2), while in maximum parsimony analysis the Colombian Austrofundulus   ZBK are sister to all other Austrofundulus   ZBK and three Rachovia   ZBK species from the Maracaibo basin ( R. hummelincki   ZBK , R. pyropunctata   ZBK and R. brevis ) (Fig. 3). In both analyses the Guajira Austrofundulus   ZBK are sister to all other Lago Maracaibo basin Austrofundulus   ZBK . Austrofundulus transilis   ZBK is the sister taxon to A. limnaeus   ZBK from the Rupununi, Guyuana, and in turn this clade formed the sister clade to the Tucacas population of A. limnaeus   ZBK . These two A. limnaeus   ZBK and A. transilis   ZBK populations form the sister clade to the Lago Maracaibo populations of A. limnaeus   ZBK (Fig. 2). Likelihood of the maximum likelihood topology is -ln L = 13502.97562 with α = 0.465919. Tree length of the maximum parsimony topology is 2422 steps, the consistency index is 0.689 and retention index is 0.792. Monophyly of all populations is strongly supported statistically, as are majority of among population relationships (Figs. 2, 3). Further evidence supporting monophyly and distinctiveness of these populations are unique length variations at positions 430 to 475 of the 12S rRNA (Table 2).

FIGURE 2. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree on 2653 aligned mtDNA base pairs. Likelihood of the topology is -ln L = 13502.97562 with α = 0.465919. Numbers above nodes are bootstrap values (Felsenstein, 1985). In general, divergences are well supported. Key to genera: A. = Austrofundulus   ZBK ; R. = Rachovia   ZBK .

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