An updated phylogeny of the redlip blenny genus  Ophioblennius | Zendy

Lastrucci Naomi S. | Zendy; Nunes Lucas T. | Zendy; Lindner Alberto | Zendy; Floeter Sergio R. | Zendy

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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.

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