In:
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Brill, Vol. 59, No. 4 ( 2013-05-6), p. 197-200
Abstract:
A total of six Red Sea inshore fish species with wide Indo-Pacific distribution, including Lessepsian migrants that reached the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal, were studied and compared genetically to conspecific populations from Japan and the Seychelles. Examination of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) gene of Apogon cyanosoma , Sargocentron rubrum , Upeneus moluccensis , Spratelloide sdelicatulus , Gerres oyena and Terapon jarbua from Japan, the Red Sea, the Seychelles and the Mediterranean revealed that in five out of six fish species, a difference greater than 4% was found. These results indicate the importance of DNA genetic analysis in revealing possible cryptic species and supplementing classic taxonomic studies, as well as contributing to a reappraisal of the zoogeography and evolution of Indo-Pacific ichthyofauna and enhancing our understanding of fish biodiversity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1565-9801
,
2224-4662
DOI:
10.1080/15659801.2013.908600
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Brill
Publication Date:
2013
SSG:
12
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