Diversity, Biogeography and Evolution of Actinopterygians
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 2596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of fishes; evolution of fishes; diversity; taxonomy; morphology; taphonomy
Interests: cartilaginous and bony fishes; evolution; palaeobiology; evolutionary developmental biology of vertebrates; diversity and disparity patterns of vertebrates in deep-time
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Actinopterygii are a highly diverse and evolutionarily successful group of ray-finned fishes, full-filling important roles in all aquatic environments on Earth. Their fossil record extends back into the Early Devonian and they are characterized by astonishing morphological and correlated taxonomic diversity throughout their evolutionary history. As extant ray-finned fishes, their extinct relatives adapted to a large variety of habitats and occupied almost all tropic levels in aquatic systems. However, despite all progress that has been accomplished in recent decades employing morphology and molecular genetics, many ambiguities concerning the taxonomy and systematics of fossil and recent fishes continue to persist.
In this Special Issue, we present the latest findings on ray-finned fishes, focusing on the morphology, taxonomy, systematic, distribution, abundance, and diversity patterns of fossil and living ray-finned fishes, as well as how anthropogenic factors impact fish communities today. Specific topics include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the importance of fossil remains of fishes (scales, bones, otoliths, teeth, skeletons, coprolites, and trace fossils) for taxonomy and systematics; (2) the evolutionary history of Actinopterygii; (3) the diversity and biogeographic patterns of ray-finned fishes in deep time, (4) the ecology of extinct and extant ray-finned fishes, and (5) anthropogenic impacts on fishes and fish communities.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in contributing to this Special Issue, which is intended to form a refernce work on actinopterygian research for both professionals and students, or if you have any questions.
Dr. Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Wasiluk
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kriwet
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bony fishes
- biogeography
- diversity
- evolution
- morphology
- taxonomy
- systematics
