The aesthetic value of reef fishes is globally mismatched to their conservation priorities
Fig 4
Aesthetic values across the tree of life.
Phylogenetic tree of the 2,417 fishes. Aesthetic values are mapped over the entire phylogeny with a color gradient obtained by estimating states at internal nodes with maximum likelihood [36]. For illustration, we have highlighted 20 families with contrasted aesthetic values using gray arcs and show examples of fishes for each family. Clockwise order: Cantherhines macrocerus, Pseudobalistes naufragium, Anampses femininus, Scarus spinus, Bodianus unimaculatus, Myripristis jacobus, Gymnothorax annasona, Meiacanthus atrodorsalis, Embiotoca jacksoni, Amphiprion bicinctus, Abudefduf bengalensis, Chromis alpha, Carangoides chrysophrys, Istigobius decoratus, Apogon pacificus, Sarda australis, Pterois miles, Acanthistius ocellatus, Amblycirrhitus pinos, Parequula melbournensis, Pomacanthus navarchus, Chaetodon flavirostris, Diplodus puntazzo, Acanthurus tristis. See S1 Data for image copyright. Data and code required to generate the phylogenetic tree can be found in https://github.com/nmouquet/RLS_AESTHE.