A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)

• Alex J. Maile ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: alexmaile@ku.edu

  Affiliations Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Biology & Chemistry, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8618-6513

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• W. Leo Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

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• Matthew P. Davis

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology & Chemistry, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States of America

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