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Reassessment of the generic position of the Iberian cyprinid alburnoides complex: its return to the genus Leuciscus
Author(s) -
CollaresPereira M. J.,
Alves M. J.,
Coelho M. M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00845.x
Subject(s) - leuciscus , biology , monophyly , taxon , genus , zoology , reproduction , evolutionary biology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , clade , phylogenetics , gene , genetics
The generic position of the Iberian unisexual fish complex alburnoides is reassessed based on genetic evidence of a hybrid ancestry and of a monophyletic relationship with endemic Leuciscus taxa. There is a continuous movement of genes between the different forms of the complex and the main mode of reproduction is by meiotic hybridogenesis. Thus its return to the original generic position Leuciscus is recommended. © 1999 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles