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Molecular based phylogenetic species recognition in the genus Pampus (Perciformes: Stromateidae) reveals hidden diversity in the Indian Ocean

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11494/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790316304651
 
Title Molecular based phylogenetic species recognition in the genus Pampus
(Perciformes: Stromateidae) reveals hidden diversity in the Indian Ocean
 
Creator Divya, P R
Mohitha, C
Kumar, Rahul G
Rajool Shanis, C P
Basheer, V S
Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Fish Genetics
 
Description Pomfrets (Genus Pampus) are commercially important fishes in the Indo Pacific region. The systematics of
this genus is complicated due to morphological similarities between species. The silver pomfret from
Indian waters has long been considered to be Pampus argenteus. The objective of the study was to utilize
the mitochondrial COI gene to establish the molecular identity of the silver pomfret distributed in Indian
waters and to resolve the phylogenetic relationships among Pampus species in the world based on
sequence data in the NCBI database. Seven valid Pampus species are identified in this study. The mean
genetic divergence value calculated between clades representing these species was 7.9%. The mean
genetic distance between the so-called Pampus argenteus from Indian waters and sequences attributed
to P. argenteus from the South China Sea, where the neotype of this species was collected, was found
to be greater than 12%, strongly supporting the likelihood of the Indian species being distinct. The
Indian Pampus species show very close affinity to P. cinereus, with inter species differences less than
2%. The taxonomic identity of the silver pomfret in India is also discussed here, in light of molecular
and morphological evidence.
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11494/1/Hidden%20diversity%20among%20Pomfret%20%28Pampus%29%20in%20Indian%20Ocean_Molecular%20Phylogenetics%20and%20Evolution_2017_A_Gopalakrishnan.pdf
Divya, P R and Mohitha, C and Kumar, Rahul G and Rajool Shanis, C P and Basheer, V S and Gopalakrishnan, A (2017) Molecular based phylogenetic species recognition in the genus Pampus (Perciformes: Stromateidae) reveals hidden diversity in the Indian Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 109. pp. 240-245.