Epinephelus moara : a valid species of the family Epinephelidae (Pisces: Perciformes) | Zendy

Liu M. | Zendy; Li J.L. | Zendy; Ding S.X. | Zendy; Liu Z.Q. | Zendy

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Epinephelus moara : a valid species of the family Epinephelidae (Pisces: Perciformes)

Author(s) -

Liu M.,

Li J.L.,

Ding S.X.,

Liu Z.Q.

Publication year - 2013

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/jfb.12112

Subject(s) - biology , perciformes , epinephelus , genbank , zoology , divergence (linguistics) , gene flow , grouper , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , genetic variation , genetics , gene , linguistics , philosophy

This study documents the major external and internal morphological differences between Epinephelus bruneus and Epinephelus moara , and analyses the complete mitogenomes of both species. The partial cytochrome oxidase subunit I ( coI ) sequence divergence between E. bruneus and E. moara is significantly higher than specimens within the same species ( P < 0·05). Analyses of gene flow ( N m = 0·02) and genetic differentiation (ϕ st = 0·92995, P > 0·05) reveal reproductive isolation between E. bruneus and E. moara . These results support the hypothesis that E. moara is a valid species. Further molecular comparisons between E. bruneus and E. moara obtained in this study and a specimen identified in GenBank as E. bruneus from South Korea reveal that the latter is identical to E. moara rather than to E. bruneus .

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