Abstract
Phylogenies summarize information for evolutionary and ecological studies. They allow investigating hypotheses from trait evolution to the relationship between evolutionary diversity and ecosystem functioning. However, obtaining a phylogenetic hypothesis for local fish assemblages can be difficult, hindering studies involving this group.
We developed the FishPhyloMaker R package to facilitate the obtention of phylogenetic information for ray-finned fishes. FishPhyloMaker automates the insertion procedure of species in the most comprehensive phylogeny of ray-finned fishes following their taxonomic positions.
The main functions of the FishPhyloMaker package, FishTaxaMaker() and FishPhyloMaker(), assess the validity of species names and generate dated phylogenies for a local pool of species, respectively.
FishPhyloMaker facilitates the generation of phylogenetic trees through a reliable and reproducible way for the most diversified group of vertebrates. The package adopts well-known rules of insertion, which will expand the range of evolutionary and ecological questions that can be addressed using ray-finned fishes as study models.
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
