Epinephelus moara: a valid species of the family Epinephelidae (Pisces: Perciformes).
J Fish Biol, 2013/5;82(5):1684-99.
Liu M[1], Li JL, Ding SX, Liu ZQ
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PMID: 23639162DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12112
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Abstract
This study documents the major external and internal morphological differences between Epinephelus bruneus and Epinephelus moara, and analyses the complete mitogenomes of both species. The partial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (coI) sequence divergence between E. bruneus and E. moara is significantly higher than specimens within the same species (P < 0·05). Analyses of gene flow (Nm = 0·02) and genetic differentiation (ϕst = 0·92995, P > 0·05) reveal reproductive isolation between E. bruneus and E. moara. These results support the hypothesis that E. moara is a valid species. Further molecular comparisons between E. bruneus and E. moara obtained in this study and a specimen identified in GenBank as E. bruneus from South Korea reveal that the latter is identical to E. moara rather than to E. bruneus.
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