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DNA barcoding reveals a likely second species of Asian sea bass (barramundi) ( Lates calcarifer )
Author(s) -
Ward R. D.,
Holmes B. H.,
Yearsley G. K.
Publication year - 2008
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.1095-8649.2007.01703.x
Subject(s) - barramundi , lates , biology , dna barcoding , sea bass , mitochondrial dna , cytochrome b , zoology , cytochrome c oxidase , fishery , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , fish <actinopterygii> , mitochondrion
DNA barcoding – the sequencing of a c. 650 base pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene – strongly suggests that barramundi ( Lates calcarifer ) from Australia and from Myanmar are different species (Kimura 2 parameter distance of c. 9·5%). Cytochrome b sequence data support this conclusion (distance c. 11·3%). Further examination, both genetic and morphological, of L. calcarifer throughout its range is recommended.