1st Edition
Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Anura
Catfishes : Introduction: Phylogenetic Position within Teleostei
Catfish Families
Historical Overview of Higher Level Phylogeny of Catfishes
Catfish, an Exceptional Biological Group
Methodology & Material: Phylogenetic Methodology
Delimitation of Terminal Taxa
Material, Techniques and Nomenclature
Phylogenetic Analysis: Character Description and Comparison
Cladistic Analysis, Diagnosis for Clades, and Comparison with Previous Hypotheses
Character State Changes for Individual Genera; Results of Phylogenetic Analysis: Major Outlines
Higher-level Phylogeny and Macroevolution of Catfishes: A Discussion: Structures Associated with Movements of the Mandibular Barbels
Pectoral Girdle Complex; Adductor Mandibulae Complex; Palatine-maxillary System
Suspensorium and Associated Structures; Elastic Spring Apparatus
A Discussion on the Origin and Biogeographic Distribution of Catfishes
Catfishes, Case Study for General Discussions of Phylogenetic and Macroevolutionary Topics: Primary Homologies, Secondary Homologies, and a Priori Versus a Posteriori Explanations in Evolutionary Biology; Homoplasies, Consistency Index, and Complexity of Macroevolution
Functional Uncouplings and Morphological Macroevolution
Myological Versus Osteological Characters in Phylogenetic Reconstructions; Analysis of Distinct Anatomical Regions in Phylogenetic Reconstructions
Aptations, Exaptations and Adaptations in Macroevolutionary Studies
Parallelisms, Convergences and Constraints in Macroevolution; Cordelia’s Dilemma, Historical Bias, and General Evolutionary Trends
Punctuated Equilibrium, Speciation, Living Fossils and Macroevolution
Biography
Jamieson, Barrie G. M.
