Hypsigenyinae
tribe of fishes
The hypsigenyine wrasses or tuskfishes are saltwater fish of the subfamily Hypsigenyinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family (Labridae). The group is circumglobal, being found in almost all the of world's shallow tropical marine waters, although some species are also found in temperate zones. The former family Odacidae, containing the cales and weed whitings, is also now known to be nested within this subfamily.
Taxonomy
Hypsigenyinae is the sister group to all other wrasse subfamilies. The group was first proposed in 1997. Since then, molecular phylogenetics has found that it also includes odacines and the genus Pseudodax. Odacines were once considered to be their own taxonomic family, but have been found nested deep within the hypsigenyine wrasses, and are the sister group to the hypsigenyine genus Choerodon. Odacines remain a monophyletic group however. Pseudodax was once considered to be the closest relative to parrotfish (tribe Scarini), but is now considered a basal hypsigenyine.
Westneat & Alfaro (2005) and Hughes et al (2022) found that the hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) is the sister group to all other hypsigenyine wrasses.
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