Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group: Volume 2: Evolution and Phylogeny
暫譯: 鯰魚：一個高度多樣化的群體：第二卷：演化與系統發生學

鯰魚目（Siluriformes）是擁有最多科、屬和物種的魚類之一。這個群體分布於世界上大多數淡水和淺海水域。其非凡的演化和生物地理路徑留下了許多關於其起源和大規模多樣化的未解之謎，使得其研究成為一個複雜的主題，但同時也是一個引人入勝的研究領域。《鯰魚，一個高度多樣化的群體》分為兩卷。第一卷（他們卓越的生物學；14章）旨在修正有關該群體巨大形態多樣性的不足資訊、特殊習性及對特定環境的適應，以及鯰魚的形態功能特徵。第二卷（演化與系統發生；18章）探討鯰魚目內的演化機制和主要演化趨勢，研究有關化石和現存鯰魚及其科之間的關係，並使用形態學和分子證據進行調查。

Gloria Arratia is a leading scientist on the origin, diversification and systematics of the largest fish group, Teleostei. She retired from Humboldt University, Berlin and is currently associated with the University of Kansas. She has been awarded numerous professional prizes, with the first in 1994 (Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) and most recently in 2022 (Joseph S. Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award in Ichthyology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists). A book, Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts Honoring Gloria Arratia by J. S. Nelson, H.-P. Schultze and M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), was published in 2010. She is Editor of the Mesozoic Fishes books series and Associate Editor of several journals. She is editor of nine books, including Catfishes (2003), and author of many publications concerning high-level teleostean ranks, 13 new families, 51 new genera, and 69 new species. She is a member of the Academia of Sciences of Chile.

Roberto E. Reis is Full Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and a leading scientist on South American ichthyology. He is the Regional Chair of the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group of IUCN for South America and a founding member and twice Past-President of the Brazilian Society of Ichthyology. He is Associate Editor of Ichthyology & Herpetology and of other journals and he has edited three other highly cited books. Dr. Reis has extensive experience in the area of ichthyology, mainly the discovery, documentation and description of biodiversity and the study of phylogenetic relationships using phenotypic and molecular evidence. He has discovered and described with coauthors and students 12 new genera and 141 new species of fishes. In 2021 he received the Robert H. Gibbs Award for the outstanding body of published work in systematic ichthyology from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

格洛麗亞·阿拉提亞 是關於最大魚類群體——硬骨魚類 (Teleostei) 的起源、多樣性和系統學的領先科學家。她曾在德國洪堡大學退休，目前與堪薩斯大學有關聯。她獲得了多項專業獎項，首個獎項是在1994年（洪堡獎，亞歷山大·馮·洪堡基金會），最近的獎項是在2022年（美國魚類學家與爬蟲學家學會的約瑟夫·S·尼爾森魚類學終身成就獎）。一本名為《致敬格洛麗亞·阿拉提亞的硬骨魚類的起源與系統發生關係》（Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts Honoring Gloria Arratia）的書籍，由J. S. Nelson、H.-P. Schultze和M. V. H. Wilson編輯，於2010年出版。她是《中生代魚類》（Mesozoic Fishes）書系的編輯，並擔任多本期刊的副編輯。她編輯了九本書籍，包括《鯰魚》（Catfishes，2003年），並撰寫了許多關於高級硬骨魚類分類的出版物，涉及13個新科、51個新屬和69個新種。她是智利科學院的成員。

羅伯托·E·雷斯 是巴西南大河州教宗天主教大學的全職教授，也是南美魚類學的領先科學家。他是國際自然保護聯盟 (IUCN) 南美淡水魚專家組的區域主席，也是巴西魚類學會的創始成員及兩屆前會長。他是期刊《魚類學與爬蟲學》（Ichthyology & Herpetology）的副編輯，並編輯了另外三本被高度引用的書籍。雷斯博士在魚類學領域擁有豐富的經驗，主要集中在生物多樣性的發現、記錄和描述，以及利用表型和分子證據研究系統發生關係。他與合著者和學生共同發現並描述了12個新屬和141個新魚種。2021年，他因在系統魚類學領域的卓越出版成果獲得美國魚類學家與爬蟲學家學會的羅伯特·H·吉布斯獎。