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Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution

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Title Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation
of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance
for Channid Systematics and Evolution
 
Creator Benziger, Allen
Philip, Siby
Raghavan, Rajeev
Anvar Ali, P H
Sukumaran, Mithun
Tharian, Josin C
Dahanukar, Neelesh
Baby, Fibin
Reynold, P
Rema, K V
Radhakrishnan, K V
Haniffa, M A
Britz, Ralf
Antunes, Agostinho
 
Subject Fish Taxonomy
 
Description The current distribution of C. diplogramma and C. micropeltes is best explained by vicariance. The significant variation in the key taxonomic characters and the results of the molecular marker analysis points towards an allopatric speciation event or vicariant divergence from a common ancestor, which molecular data suggests to have occurred as early as 21.76 million years ago. The resurrection of C. diplogramma from the synonymy of C. micropeltes has hence been confirmed 146 years after its initial description and 134 years after it was synonymised, establishing it is an endemic species of peninsular India and prioritizing its conservation value.
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9912/1/PlosOne_Reynold_Peter.pdf
Benziger, Allen and Philip, Siby and Raghavan, Rajeev and Anvar Ali, P H and Sukumaran, Mithun and Tharian, Josin C and Dahanukar, Neelesh and Baby, Fibin and Reynold, P and Rema, K V and Radhakrishnan, K V and Haniffa, M A and Britz, Ralf and Antunes, Agostinho (2011) Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution. PLoS ONE, 6 (6). pp. 1-12.