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The DNA barcoding of Mediterranean combtooth blennies suggests the paraphyly of some taxa (Perciformes, Blenniidae)
Author(s) -
Vecchioni Luca,
Marrone Federico,
Belaiba Eya,
Tiralongo Francesco,
BahriSfar Lilia,
Arculeo Marco
Publication year - 2019
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.13897
Subject(s) - biology , paraphyly , monophyly , dna barcoding , taxon , zoology , perciformes , taxonomy (biology) , genus , phylogenetics , ecology , clade , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics , gene
A dataset including novel and publicly available mtDNA COI sequences of 14 Mediterranean combtooth blenny species belonging to nine genera was assembled in order to provide a reference dataset for DNA barcoding studies. Some inconsistencies in the current taxonomy of some genera were observed. In particular, the monophyly of the genera Parablennius and Salaria is not supported by the present dataset and the absence of reciprocal monophyly between the morphospecies Salaria basilisca and S. pavo questions their status and stresses the need of a revision of the genus Salaria.