🔍 A re-examination of a recently described fish species - Acanthopsaron striatum - revealed that it had been mistakenly identified as a new genus due to errors in the original fin ray counts.
➡️ Full study: https://t.co/xCCixIIVMv
For reef fishes, benthic feeding is where it’s at! Our paper in PNAS shows that diversification for reef fishes increased through time, caused by the rise of benthic-feeding groups like surgeonfish, rabbitfish, butterflyfish, and parrotfish! Read here: https://t.co/ZsgAcv35zz