Putting Fishes in Order

Let's look at a diversity of different freshwater fish from different places that were once a part of Gondwana. Examining their relationship to each other can help you tell the story of how Madagascar was connected to other places on earth, and when various populations of fish separated from one another

Click on one of the taxonomic groups below. When you do, a cladogram will appear showing a group of fish from Madagascar, as well as related fish from other parts of the world. You will then need to drag the fish from their geographic location into their correct location on the cladogram.

Use the sequence of the separation of the different continents

to help you determine where to put the fishes in these cladograms.

You will need to drag the fish from their geographic location into their correct location on the cladogram.
Cladogram 1 (Aplocheiloidei) The fish from Madagascar will already be in the cladogram. Other fish will appear on the Seychelles, India, Cameroon, and Cuba.

Cladogram 2 (Cichlidae) The fish from Madagascar will already be in the cladogram. Fish will appear on Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ghana and Guatemala.