[en] Coral reef fishes represent one of the most spectacularly diverse assemblages of vertebrates on the planet, but our understand- ing of their mode of diversification remains limited. Here we test whether the diversity of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), one of the most species-rich families of reef-associated fishes, was produced by a single or multiple adaptive radiation(s) during their evolutionary history. Tests of the tempo of lineage diversification using a time-calibrated phylogeny including 208 species revealed that crown pomacentrid diversification has not slowed through time as expected under a scenario of a single adaptive radiation resulting from an early burst of diversification. Evolutionary modeling of trophic traits similarly rejected the hypothesis of early among-lineage partitioning of ecologically important phenotypic diversity. Instead, damselfishes are shown to have experienced iterative convergent radiations wherein subclades radiate across similar trophic strategies (i.e., pelagic feeders, benthic feeders, intermediate) and morphologies. Regionalization of coral reefs, competition, and functional constraints may have fueled iterative ecological radiation and convergent evolution of damselfishes. Through the Pomacentridae, we illustrate that radiations may be strongly structured by the nature of the constraints on diversification.
Research Center/Unit :
AFFISH-RC - Applied and Fundamental FISH Research Center - ULiège FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Frederich, Bruno ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Sorenson, Laurie
Santini, Francesco
Slater, Graham J.
Alfaro, Michael E.
Language :
English
Title :
Iterative ecological radiation and convergence during the evolutionary history of damselfishes (Pomacentridae)
Publication date :
January 2013
Journal title :
American Naturalist
ISSN :
0003-0147
eISSN :
1537-5323
Publisher :
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, United States - Illinois
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