Talk:Cheilodactylidae

More-wong than you could handle...

I don't think all the morwongs need a separate page. We should just have stuff like "Hawaiian morwong" redirect here and then talk a little bit about each. --Brazucs (_TALK | ^CONTRIBS) 09:24, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I totally disagree. Morwongs are not "obscure" in Australia as they are a food fish in the region -- this would be akin to lumping all sunfish into a Lepomis article, which clearly does not scan. I do agree, however, with keeping one link per species on the main article, as all scientific specific names would simply redirect to the article posted under the common name. -- Miwa 04:21, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, ok. I didn't realize the Morwong's importance in Australia (a fact that could be mentioned in the article ;-). It's just that I've seen many other articles that group all species into the genus page, and the fact that almost none of the species pages have an article made me think that the same should be done here. If there is such a significant difference between each species, perhaps someone knowledgeable in the subject could start some stubs on each? --Brazucs (_TALK | ^CONTRIBS) 16:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I've created some stubs. Now we just need an expert to perhaps add some taxboxes and write about the differences of each. --Brazucs (_TALK | ^CONTRIBS) 17:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Phylogeny of the genus Goniistius

Christopher Burridge and Robert White, in a paper published in 2000, showed that Goniistius warrants status a a genetically distinct genus from Cheilodactylus, but that the species recognized in this genus form three separate clades descended from their common ancestor.

Burridge, C. P. and R. W. G. White, 2000. Molecular phylogeny of the antitropical subgenus Goniistius (Perciformes: Cheilodactylidae: Cheilodactylus): evidence for multiple transequatoral divergences and non-monophyly. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. v. 70: 435-458.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.116.63 (talk) 19:52, 29 October 2006