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The blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii) is member of the Gobiaria, one of the six major acanthomorph clades where divergences among major lineages coincides with the Cretaceous-Palaeogene transition.

Alfaro, M. E. et al. Explosive diversification of marine fishes at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 2, 688-696 (2018).

The stunning diversity of morphologies and ecologies found in modern marine fishes may reflect in large part post-exinction ecological recovery. Photo by Daniel Geiger.