Integration of DNA barcoding for the initial recordings of Lessepsian fishes: a case study of the Indo-Pacific slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus

SAKINAN S., KARAHAN A., OK M.

JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, vol.90, no.3, pp.1054-1061, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 90 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jfb.13207
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1054-1061
  • Keywords: coI, cytochrome oxidase, Mediterranean, meristics, morphology, Turkey, 1874 PERCIFORMES LEIOGNATHIDAE, 1ST RECORD, GUNTHER
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this study, the DNA barcode of a regional Lessepsian sighting of the slender ponyfish Equulites elongatus is integrated with morphometric and meristic descriptors as a case study to address further identification problems in the Mediterranean Sea. The study also aims to contribute to the regional mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I information pool, to support other potential uses. The initial sighting of E. elongatus from the north-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey is provided from a trawl survey on 3 June 2015, where 76 specimens were captured during a 15 min tow. (C) 2016 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles