Table 9 Comparisons of divergence time estimates (Ma) for basal actinopterygian nodes between the present and previous mitogenomic studies
Node (MRCA)a | This study (Topology 1) | Peng et al.[30] | Saitoh et al.[12] | Santini et al.[96] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Otocephala | 265 (243-286) | 279 (264-293) | 251 (230-273) | 151 (149-153) |
Ostariophysi | 261 (240-282) | ------ | 239 (218-260) | 128 (125-134) |
Anotophysi | 254 (232-276) | 242 (----) | 228 (206-250) | ------ |
Otophysi | 248 (227-268) | 251 (----) | 220 (198-241) | ------ |
Cypriniformes | 160 (130-186) | 183 (----) | 156 (136-176) | 92 (56-123) |
Characiphysi | 226 (206-245) | 210 (----) | 185 (164-207)b | ------ |
Gymnotiformes | 189 (166-212) | 150 (----) | ------ | ------ |
Characiformes | 220 (201-240) | 203 (----) | 160 (139-183)b | 80 (68-84) |
Siluriformes | 180 (162-198) | 173 (----) | 125 (104-148)b | 88 (77-98) |