This was primarily due to there being many species in the genus Sebastes, as well as Scorpaeniformes being the most speciose order.
For example, monophyly of Rodentia (the most speciose order of mammals) is based on a combination of dentition, skull morphology, soft anatomy, the postcranial skeleton, and the jaw mechanism [ 14], and early classifications never questioned the naturalness of this clade.
Recent estimates suggest the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most speciose orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera.
The most speciose orders were Scorpaeniformes (mail cheeked fishes including rockfishes and scorpion fishes, 90 spp ., Perciformes (perches, 34 spp ., Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes, 21 spp ., Gadiiformes (cods, 13 spp ., Argentiniformes (marine smelts, 11 spp ., and Stomiiformes (dragonfishes, 11 spp).
Contrasts are especially large in passerine birds, which is the most speciose avian order, encompassing about 5900 of 10400 extant species [7].
Rodents are the most speciose mammalian order and comprise almost half of all mammalian species diversity [ 1].
Tribolium castaneum is a world-wide pest of stored grains and serves as a model organism for the most speciose eukaryotic order, Coleoptera.
Compared with the tropics, New Zealand's echinoderm fauna is not exceptional, but most orders are represented, the most speciose of which are the ophiuroid order Ophiurida and asteroid order Valvatida; the latter includes the crown-of-thorns sea-star, which is found at Raoul Island on the Kermadec Ridge.
Composed of 189 species placed in 19 genera [12], Tetraodontidae is the most speciose family within the Order Tetraodontiformes.
Pufferfishes of the Family Tetraodontidae are the most speciose group in the Order Tetraodontiformes and mainly inhabit coastal waters along continents.
One of the most speciose subgenera is subgenus Gomphidium (Baill).
