A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939)

S Chow; T Yanagimoto; H Kurogi; S A Appleyard; J J Pogonoski

doi:10.1111/jfb.13111

A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939)

J Fish Biol. 2016 Oct;89(4):2203-2211. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13111. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Authors

S Chow¹, T Yanagimoto², H Kurogi³, S A Appleyard⁴, J J Pogonoski⁴

Affiliations

¹ National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan. chow@affrc.go.jp.
² National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan.
³ National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 6-3-1 Nagai, Kanagawa 238-0316, Japan.
⁴ Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.

PMID: 27511812
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13111

Abstract

A single specimen of giant leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju 1975 was caught in subtropical waters of the western North Pacific Ocean. Mitochondrial coI gene sequence divergence between T. foliaceus and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939) was 0·64 ± 0·27% (mean ± s.e.), and the myomere and vertebral counts of these species were similar, indicating T. foliaceus is a junior synonym of C. maldivensis.

Keywords: Anguilliformes; DNA; coI gene; myomere; synonym; vertebral counts.

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics*
Eels / classification*
Eels / genetics
Genes, Mitochondrial
Pacific Ocean
Phylogeny

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial