Fish communities on tropical deep reefs are dominated by species that belong to families primarily composed of shallow-water species. Collections of deep-reef fishes via submersibles have allowed us to include these deep-reef species in molecular phylogenies, providing insights into the timing and frequency of invasions from shallow to deep reefs. Here we provide evidence of a new deep-reef invasion in the tribe Gobiosomatini in the family Gobiidae (gobies). We describe two new species, one of which belongs to a new genus, and incorporate these taxa into a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of Gobiosomatini to show that, collectively, these two genera represent a previously unreported independent invasion on to deep reefs that occurred approximately 20–30 million years ago. These new taxa are readily distinguished from related genera and species by a combination of live coloration, pelvic-fin morphology, meristic characters, head-pore patterns and other osteological characters. We discuss the relevance of these two new species to the systematics of the tribe Gobiosomatini and include a comparison to all known genera in the tribe.
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New experimental constraints in a new landscape for composite dark matter
- Award ID(s):
- 2012955
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10279630
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Volume:
- 103
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2470-0010
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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