Hydrobiologia (2006) 553:255–266 Ó Springer 2006 DOI 10.1007/s10750-005-1301-3 Primay Research Paper The phylogenetic relationships of the Gobioninae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences Jinquan Yang1,2, Shunping He1,Jo¨ rg Freyhof3, Kai Witte4 & Huanzhang Liu1,* 1Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430072, Wuhan, China 2Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039, Beijing, China 3Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leipniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inlands Fisheries, Mu¨ggelseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin, Germany 4Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstr. 35/3, 72076, Tu¨bingen, Germany (*Author for correspondence: Tel.: +86-27-68780776; Fax: +86-27-68780123; E-mail:
[email protected]) Received 6 April 2005; accepted 4 June 2005 Key words: phylogeny, monophyly, cytochrome b, diversity, Cyprinidae, Gobioninae Abstract The Gobioninae are a group of morphologically and ecologically diverse Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes. The intergeneric relationships of this group are unresolved and the possible monophyly of this subfamily remains to be established. We used complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences from most genera within the gobionine group, in addition to a selection of cyprinid outgroups, to investigate the possible monophyly of this group and resolve the interrelationships within the group. Our results support the monophyly of the Gobioninae and identify four monophyletic groups within the subfamily; the Hemibarbus