Gourami And Archer Related?

[Sean W.]

are gouramis and Archer fish related?

 

[Sean W.]

???

 

[chrisrm]

???

ive tryed a few searches on google but to no avail!

why is it you ask!!?

 

[Curiosity101]

No they aren't even slightly related. They are not even in the same family (genetically speaking)

 

[Sean W.]

i was looking at my gourami and their facial structure looks similar, at least the lower jaw bone.

 

[mr130gallon]

well, are archers anabatoids?

 

[chrisrm]

i was looking at my gourami and their facial structure looks similar, at least the lower jaw bone.

wow! i thought i spent too much time looking at my fish!

 

[Curiosity101]

They're not even in the same family. Ie. Are not closely related.

 

[mr130gallon]

what kind of fish are archers, at least in thei forum, would they be oddballs? or are they anabatoids?

 

[Curiosity101]

Infact they aren't even in the same sub - order. Which is even higher up the classification line. Just cause they are the same shape, doesn't make them related.

More than likely all it means is that they live in similar conditions. Eg, some fish catch food from the surface so have upturned mouthes, doesn't mean they're all related, just that they have a similar lifestyle.

To Mr130gallon, no archers are not Anabantoids

 

[Sean W.]

youre so smaart

 

[chrisrm]

youre so smaart

thats why she's 'now at University'

 

[Curiosity101]

Lol...she's also doing a course called 'Genetics'
And specifically doing a module on Zoology at the mo. But just to point out...all I did was google it. Wikipedia has all the information you could need when you're looking up relationships between 'common' animals.
General rule of thumb, if they aren't in the same family then they aren't related, this applies even more so the further up you go through the family tree. Eg. If they are in a different 'order' you can probabaly say 99% of the time they aren't even slightly related.

 

[K-Holed]

They're both fish ...

 

[Sean W.]

They're both fish ...

A BREAK THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!