Fig. 1: Relationships between the holocentrid species ability to produce sounds with pattern and their positioning in the most recent phylogeny of this family.

a Phylogenetic tree of Holocentridae modified from Dornburg et al.⁴⁴ and b corresponding histogram of the percentage of sounds consisting in discontinuous series of pulses (i.e., made of several blocks of pulses or pattern) and in continuous series of pulses (i.e., made of one block of pulses or without pattern). The numbers 1 and 2 refer to the two subgroups within the genus Myripristis. c Species that are not found in the existing phylogenety. Due to its high percentage of sounds with pattern (formed by blocks of pulses), Myripristis seychellensis was considered as belonging to species of group 2. Sargocentron violaceum seems to be closely related to Sargocentron spiniferum and Sargocentron caudimaculatum⁴⁵. The position of Sargocentron dorsomaculatum in the tree is unknown.