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Identification of larvae of two Gymnocanthus (Cottidae) species based on melanophore patterns
| Title: | Identification of larvae of two Gymnocanthus (Cottidae) species based on melanophore patterns |
| Authors: | Yamazaki, Aya Browse this author | | Munehara, Hiroyuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Gymnocanthus | | sculpins | | melanophores | | morphology | | DNA barcoding |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2015 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Journal Title: | Ichthyological Research |
| Volume: | 62 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 240 |
| End Page: | 243 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1007/s10228-014-0429-4 |
| Abstract: | Gymnocanthus herzensteini and Gymnocanthus intermedius (Cottidae) larvae are common in northern Japan, but can be difficult to distinguish. In this study, morphological observations and mitochondrial DNA analyses were conducted to determine if melanophore patterns could be used to distinguish the two species. The morphological observations identified two groups with distinct melanophore patterns. Subsequent molecular analyses determined with high bootstrap values that the group with numerous body melanophores was G. intermedius, and the group with fewer melanophores was G. herzensteini. These results indicate that melanophore distribution patterns in larvae are useful for identifying G. intermedius and G. herzensteini. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/61152 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター (Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山崎 彩
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