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 | – |
Only species for which information on their classification was available from previous phylogenetic studies are included