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A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju [Castle, P. H. J., 1975] is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939)
Author(s) -
Chow S.,
Yanagimoto T.,
Kurogi H.,
Appleyard S. A.,
Pogonoski J. J.
Publication year - 2016
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.13111
Subject(s) - biology , synonym (taxonomy) , zoology , fishery , anatomy , genus
A single specimen of giant leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju 1975 was caught in subtropical waters of the western North Pacific Ocean. Mitochondrial coI gene sequence divergence between T. foliaceus and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939) was 0·64 ± 0·27% (mean ± s.e. ), and the myomere and vertebral counts of these species were similar, indicating T. foliaceus is a junior synonym of C. maldivensis .