Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2014 Jun;75:149-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.011. Epub 2014 Feb 27.
Betancur-R and Ortí (2014) offer a criticism of our recent examination of the monophyly of extant flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes; Campbell et al., 2013). We welcome this opportunity to examine and respond to the main issues presented in Betancur-R and Ortí (2014). Briefly, this debate centers on the question of whether or not analyses of the available evidence support a stable and confident conclusion regarding a sister group relationship between the two recognized pleuronectiform suborders: Psettodoidei (four species) and Pleuronectoidei (>700 species). In Campbell et al. (2013), we reported results based on sequences from six nuclear genes compatible with monophyly of Pleuronectoidei but not with that of Pleuronectiformes. In our analyses, the most closely related percomorph family to the Pleuronectoidei was resolved to be the Centropomidae. In Campbell et al. (2013), we also provided a critical review of the morphological evidence in favor flatfish monophyly showing that this evidence requires a careful re-examination where it concerns psettodoids. Here we present our perspective on the issues raised in Betancur-R and Ortí (2014).
贝当古-罗特和奥特伊（2014）对我们近期对现存比目鱼（鲽形目；坎贝尔等人，2013）单系性的研究提出了批评。我们欢迎有机会审查和回应贝当古-罗特和奥特伊（2014）提出的主要问题。简而言之，这场争论的核心是，对于两个公认的比目鱼亚目（鲽形目（四种）和鲆形目（>700 种）之间是否存在姐妹群关系，分析现有证据是否支持一个稳定和自信的结论。在坎贝尔等人（2013）中，我们报告了基于六个核基因序列的结果，这些结果支持鲆形目单系性，但不支持比目鱼目单系性。在我们的分析中，与鲆形目最密切相关的栉鳞目鱼类被解析为 Centropomidae 科。在坎贝尔等人（2013）中，我们还对支持比目鱼单系性的形态学证据进行了批判性审查，表明这些证据需要在涉及鲽形目时进行仔细的重新检查。在这里，我们提出了我们对贝当古-罗特和奥特伊（2014）提出的问题的看法。
