Since the discovery of the importance of DNA to the study of plant and animal evolution, much emphasis has often been placed on the genetic aspects in classification, at the expense of observable morphological characteristics. That the parrotfish family Scaridae is being subsumed into the Labridae by some ichthyologists is a prime example [...]. With the recent description of the parrotfish Sparisoma choati by Rocha et al. (2012) from the eastern Atlantic, the Scaridae now has 100 valid species. The Labridae, which has increased in the last two years by 13 species, and been reduced by one as a synonym, now consists of 516 species. Surely both taxa are also large enough to warrant family status?
Randall, J., Parenti, P. (2014). Parrotfishes are not wrasses. REEF ENCOUNTER, 29(1), 16-18.
Parrotfishes are not wrasses
PARENTI, PAOLO
2014
Abstract
Since the discovery of the importance of DNA to the study of plant and animal evolution, much emphasis has often been placed on the genetic aspects in classification, at the expense of observable morphological characteristics. That the parrotfish family Scaridae is being subsumed into the Labridae by some ichthyologists is a prime example [...]. With the recent description of the parrotfish Sparisoma choati by Rocha et al. (2012) from the eastern Atlantic, the Scaridae now has 100 valid species. The Labridae, which has increased in the last two years by 13 species, and been reduced by one as a synonym, now consists of 516 species. Surely both taxa are also large enough to warrant family status?
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