Molecular and morphological identification of larvae of Carangidae (Teleostei, Carangiformes) species from southern Gulf of California.

ABSTRACT: The description of diagnostic morphological characters and DNA barcoding of fish larvae from nine species of the carangid family are provided from specimens collected during a weekly zooplankton time-series (2016-2017) at Cabo Pulmo National Park, Gulf of California, Mexico. Five nominal species (Caranxsexfasciatus, C.caballus, Naucratesductor, Selarcrumenophthalmus, and Seleneperuviana) and three morphotypes of Decapterus spp. and one of Caranx spp. were identified and separated based on morphological, meristic, and pigmentary diagnostic characters. All larvae were genetically sequenced for a fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I mitochondrial gene. Sequences of larval Caranx and Decapterus showed high genetic similar

SUBMITTER: Silva-Segundo CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420543 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature