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An updated phylogeny of the redlip blenny genus Ophioblennius
Author(s) -
Lastrucci Naomi S.,
Nunes Lucas T.,
Lindner Alberto,
Floeter Sergio R.
Publication year - 2018
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.13732
Subject(s) - biology , disjunct , biological dispersal , genus , phylogenetics , ecology , east coast , zoology , fishery , population , biochemistry , demography , sociology , gene
An updated molecular phylogeny of the blenny genus Ophioblennius , with a focus on two geographically disjunct morphotypes observed in Brazil, is presented. The analyses showed that specimens from the north‐eastern Brazilian coast are the endemic redlip blenny Ophioblennius trinitatis , but specimens from the southern Brazilian coast are conspecific to an undescribed east Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) species, previously unknown in Brazil. Possible explanations for this geographical pattern include: natural larval dispersal and rafting across the Atlantic; an unknown ecological attribute that enabled this species to colonize southern Brazil; oil platforms as introduction vectors.