African origin and Late Cretaceous divergence of the Middle American catfish Lacantunia enigmatica corroborated by a global mitogenome phylogeny
Jairo Arroyave, Adán Fernando Mar‐Silva, Alfonso A. González‐Díaz, Sebastián Huacuja-Barraza, Christian Lambarri-Martínez, Nelson R. Salinas, Kritsada Katawutpoonphan, Rupert A. Collins, Julia J. Day
The paper sequenced the mitochondrial genome of Lacantunia enigmatica and used it to construct a global catfish phylogeny, supporting its African origin and Late Cretaceous divergence.
Systematics and Biodiversity · Jul 3, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology