Evolution of the connection patterns of the cephalic lateral line canal system and its use to diagnose opsariichthyin cyprinid fishes (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)

Parsimonious ancestral state reconstruction of the connecting states of the cephalic lateral line canal systems of the opsariichthyin fishes and their out-groups from the maximum likelihood tree inferred from cytochrome b sequences (InL = 12054.39). A The connecting states between the supraorbital (SO) and infraorbital (IO) canals B the connecting states between the temporal (TC) and preoperculomandibular (POM) canals C the connecting states between the left and right sides of the supratemporal canals (ST). The color of each node indicates the connecting states of the cephalic lateral line canal system: black, continuity; white, discontinuity; gray, both sides of the ST connected and extending anteriorly.