Table 1 Comparison of this and previous efforts to build a Gobiidae phylogeny
Species name | This study | Thacker 2015 [37] (nuc + mtDNA genes) | Thacker 2014 [74] (mtDNA genes) | Tornabene et al. 2013 [3] (nuc genes, concatenated) | Thacker 2013 [17] (mtDNA genes, combining Thacker 2009 [73] and Thacker and Roje 2011) [40] | Agorreta et al. 2013 [15] (nuc + mtDNA genes) | Neilson et al. 2009 [16] (COI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boleophthalmus pectinirostris | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | – | – | – | – | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | – |
Bostrychus sinensis | outgroup, Butidae | – | Butidae | – | – | – | – |
Eucyclogobius newberryi | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius group | gobionelline-like | – | gobionelline-like, Northern Pacific group | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | Gobionellinae, Sicydiinae |
Gillichthys mirabilis | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius group | gobionelline-like | – | gobionelline-like, Northern Pacific group | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | Gobionellinae, Sicydiinae |
Gymnogobius urotaenia | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | – | – | – | – | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | – |
Mogurnda adspersa | outgroup, Eleotridae | – | Eleotridae | – | – | Eleotrididae (Mogurndasp.) | Xenisthmidae, Eleotridae |
Mugilogobius chulae | gobionelline-like, Mugilogobius lineage | – | gobionelline-like | gobionelline-like, Mugilogobius group | – | – | – |
Neogobius melanostomus | gobiine-like, Benthophilinae | gobiine-like, Gobius group | – | gobiine-like, Benthophilini | – | – | Benthophilinae, Neogobiini |
Odontamblyopus rubicundus | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | – | – | – | – | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage (Odontamblyopus sp.) | Oxudercinae, Amblyopinae |
Odontobutis platycephala | outgroup, Odontobutidae | – | – | – | – | – | Odontobutidae |
Oxuderces dentatus | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | – | – | – | – | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | – |
Oxyeleotris lineolata | outgroup, Butidae | Butidae, outgroup | – | – | outgroup | – | – |
Oxyeleotris marmorata | outgroup, Butidae | – | Butidae | – | – | Butidae | – |
Pomatoschistus minutus | gobionelline-like, Pomatoschistus | gobionelline-like, Pomatoschistus group | – | – | gobionelline-like, Mugilogobius group | – | Gobiinae, Ptereleotridae |
Ponticola kessleri | gobiine-like, Benthophilinae | – | – | – | – | – | Benthophilinae, Ponticolini |
Pseudogobius javanicus | gobionelline-like, Mugilogobius lineage | – | – | – | – | gobionelline-like, Mugilogobius lineage | – |
Rhyacichthys aspro | outgroup, Rhyacichthydae | – | – | outgroup | – | Rhyacichthyidae | outgroup |
Scartelaos histophorus | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus group | gobionelline-like | – | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus group | gobionelline-like, Periophthalmus lineage | Oxudercinae, Amblyopinae |
Sicyopterus lagocephalus | gobionelline-like, Stenogobius lineage | – | – | sicydiines-/(gobionelline-) like, Amphidromous gobies | – | gobionelline-like, Stenogobius lineage (sicydiines) | Gobionellinae, Sicydiinae |
Tridentiger bifasciatus | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | – | – | gobionelline-like, Northern Pacific Group | – | gobionelline-like, Acanthogobius lineage | – |