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The exotic American eel in Taiwan: ecological implications
Author(s) -
Han Y.S.,
Yu C.H.,
Yu H.T.,
Chang C.W.,
Liao IC.,
Tzeng W.N.
Publication year - 2002
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.1095-8649.2002.tb02454.x
Subject(s) - biology , anguilla rostrata , fishery , aquaculture , introduced species , ecology , cytochrome b , mitochondrial dna , fish <actinopterygii> , gene , genetics
Six American eels Anguilla rostrata were identified in the Kaoping River of south‐western Taiwan by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene ( mtCyt‐b ). This was the first record of an exotic eel species in the natural waters of Taiwan. The exotic eels may have been imported from North America at the elver stage for aquaculture and escaped from culture ponds.