Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group Volume 2: Evolution and Phylogeny

Foreword. Topics and Contributors. Acknowledgements. SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION. 1. An Introduction to Catfish Evolution and Phylogeny. SECTION 2: FOSSIL RECORD. 2 Diversification and Evolution of European Fossil Catfishes. 3. The African Fossil Catfishes. 4. Siluriformes From the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of Bolivia. 5. Siluriforms and the South American Fossil Record: Their Significance and the Origin and Evolutionary Radiation of the Group. SECTION 3: PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND CLASSIFICATION. 6. Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of the Major Groups of Siluriformes. 7. The Trichomycteridae: An Overview of the Systematics and Classification of the Family. 8. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Callichthyidae (Armored Catfishes). 9. Habitats and History of Scoloplacid Catfishes (Loricarioidea). 10. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Loricariidae. 11. Phylogeny and Classification of Pimelodidae. 12. Diversity and Phylogeny of Pseudopimelodidae: The Neotropical Bumblebee Catfishes. 13. Phylogeny and Classification of Heptapteridae (Pimelodoidea). 14. The State of the Art of the Family Doradidae. 15. Biogeography and Evolution of Auchenipteridae: A Molecular and Morphological Perspective. 16. Phylogeny and Classification of the Loach Catfishes, Amphiliidae. 17. New Insights into the Southern African Sand-Catlets Genus Zaireichthys (Amphiliidae: Leptoglanidinae). 18. Phylogeny and Classification of the Sisoridae. Index.