taxonID	type	description	language	source
038887F5D7456F0CFF0E5AC3FDCDFEEA.taxon	description	Amissidens hainesi OR Tetraodon fluviatilis AU Neoarius midgleyorum OR Tetraodon nigroviridis Brustiarius proximus OR Tetraodon biocellatus Neoarius graeffei OR Tetraodon erythrotaenia AU Neoarius berneyi OR Carinotetraodon travancoricus Sciades mastersi OR Tetraodon cutcutia Cinetodus froggatti AU Potamosilurus coatesi OR Carinotetraodon lorteti AU Potamosilurus velutinus OR Carinotetraodon irrubesco AU Potamosilurus macrorhynchus OR Carinotetraodon salivator AU Cinetodus carinatus OR Auriglobus nefastus AU Sciades utarus OR Auriglobus modestus AU Brustiarius solidus OR Tetraodon leiurus Cochlefelis dioctes OR Tetraodon palembangensis AU Nedystoma dayi AF Tetraodon mbu AU Doiichthys novaeguineae AU Pachyula crassilabris AF Tetraodon duboisi Nemapteryx armiger AF Tetraodon miurus AU Cochlefelis spatula AF Tetraodon lineatus Cochlefelis danielsi AF Tetraodon pustulatus AU Neoarius augustus Chelonodon pleurospilus Sciades leptaspis Chelonodon patoca AU Potamosilurus latirostris Omegophora armilla Plicofollis nella Arothron firmamentum Plicofollis dussumieri Plicofollis polystaphylodon Arothron immaculatus Plicofollis tonggol Canthigaster amboinensis Plicofollis layardi Canthigaster solandri Plicofollis argyropleuron Pelagocephalus marki Ketengus typus brunellii NEO Colomesus asellus Osteogeneiosus militaris NEO Colomesus psittacus Cryptarius truncatus Sphoeroides lispus OR Cephalocassis borneensis Arius nenga Sphoeroides maculatus Arius maculatus Sphoeroides pachygaster Arius spA Lagocephalus suezensis Arius leptonotacanthus Lagocephalus sceleratus Arius oetik Lagocephalus lunaris Arius gagora Lagocephalus lagocephalus Arius arius Sciades sona Mad Arius madagascariensis 25 0 (Mya) OR Cephalocassis melanochir OR Hemiarius stormii Sciades sagor C- Afrotropical freshwater Lates (M 8) Netuma bilineata Netuma thalassina + Carlarius gigas AF Lates niloticus Carlarius heudelotii Lates calcarifer Carlarius latiscutatus AF AF Lates macrophthalmus Carlarius parkii Sciades proops AF Lates longispinis Sciades herzbergii AF Lates angustifrons Sciades couma AF Lates microlepis Sciades passany AF Lates mariae Sciades parkeri AF Lates stappersi Sciades dowii Ariopsis guatemalensis Psammoperca wiagiensis Ariopsis seemanni Centropomus spp Ariopsis felis NA Potamarius nelsoni Phylogeny (not time calibrated) modified from Otero (2004) Genidens genidens (Strict minimum age information from † Lates qatraniensis) Genidens barbus Occidentarius platypogon Notarius armbrusteri Notarius insculptus D- Dagetichthys lakdoensis (M 9) Notarius lentiginosus Dagetichthys cadenati Notarius planiceps Dagetichthys albomaculatus NEO Notarius Notarius Notarius Notarius kessleri luniscutis neogranatensis cookei Dagetichthys Dagetichthys Dagetichthys lusitanicus marginatus commersonnii Notarius grandicassis AF Dagetichthys lakdoensis Notarius rugispinis Buglossidium luteum Notarius troschelii Notarius biffi Phylogeny (not time calibrated) modified from Vachon et al (2007) Cathorops steindachneri (Maximum age estimation from Near et al [2013]) Cathorops taylori Cathorops hypophthalmus Cathorops tuyra E- Kribia (M 10) Cathorops mapale Cathorops raredonae AU Oxyeleotris lineolatus Cathorops agassizii AU Oxyeleotris selheimi NA Cathorops aguadulce AU Oxyeleotris marmorata Cathorops multiradiatus Cathorops dasycephalus Bostrychus sinensis Bagre bagre Ophiocara porocephala Bagre marinus AF Kribia nana Bagre panamensis Oxyeleotris nullipora Bagre pinnimaculatus Butis butis Paleogene Neogene Phylogeny (not time calibrated) modified from Thacker (2011) 25 0 (Mya) (Maximum age estimation from Thacker [2014]) the ancestors of Afrotropical freshwater pufferfishes invaded Afrotropical freshwaters after a marine-to-freshwater transition that occurred between 17 and 5 Mya. There are no fossils known.	en	Lavoué, Sébastien (2020): REVIEW Origins of Afrotropical freshwater fishes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 345-411
