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Mistaken by dots: Revealing the misidentification of Saurida lessepsianus (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) along the west coast of India (eastern Arabian Sea)

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15175/
https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/63741/
DOI 10.3897/aiep.51.63741
 
Title Mistaken by dots: Revealing the misidentification of Saurida lessepsianus (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) along the west coast of India
(eastern Arabian Sea)
 
Creator Silpa, Susanti
Srihari, Murugesan
Annam, Pavan Kumar
Roul, Subal Kumar
Russell, B
Jaiswar, A K
 
Subject Fish Genetics
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description The presently reported study identified Saurida lessepsianus Russell, Golani et Tikochinski, 2015 from the west coast of India, which was earlier diagnosed as Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) due to their morphological similarities. Saurida lessepsianus is characterized by 48–51 lateral line scales, 44–47 vertebrae, 3–6 rows of teeth on tongue and anterior part of stomach black. The identity of this species was also confirmed by molecular examination (phylogenetic analysis of the COI sequences) and the study revealed
a genetic divergence value of 0.08 between S. lessepsianus and S. undosquamis. Our study confirms the extended distribution of S.   lessepsianus along the west coast of India (eastern Arabian Sea) from the Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea.
 
Date 2021
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15175/1/Acta%20Ichthyologica%20et%20Piscatoria_2021_Subal%20Kumar%20Roul.pdf
Silpa, Susanti and Srihari, Murugesan and Annam, Pavan Kumar and Roul, Subal Kumar and Russell, B and Jaiswar, A K (2021) Mistaken by dots: Revealing the misidentification of Saurida lessepsianus (Actinopterygii: Aulopiformes: Synodontidae) along the west coast of India (eastern Arabian Sea). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 51 (2). pp. 185-191.