Molecular systematics of the Atlanto-Mediterranean Solea species

Citation
F. Tinti et C. Piccinetti, Molecular systematics of the Atlanto-Mediterranean Solea species, J FISH BIOL, 56(3), 2000, pp. 604-614
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00221112 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
604 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1112(200003)56:3<604:MSOTAS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Within the genus Solea, four sister lineages have been evolved that actuall y correspond to the species S. vulgaris, S. senegalensis, S. kleini and S. lascaris. The existence of S. aegyptiaca and S. impar is not supported and these species can be synonymized under S. vulgaris and S. lascaris, respect ively. This pattern of taxonomy agrees fully with that proposed by Ben-Tuvi a (1990; Journal of Fish Biology 36, 947-960) based on morphological featur es, in addition, mtDNA data contradict the widely accepted relatedness betw een S, kleini and S. lascaris based on the shared enlarged forenostril on t he blind side. A sample of soles clearly related to S. senegalensis was cau ght in the Gulf of Taranto (Ionian Sea), representing the most western find ing of this species in the Mediterranean Sea. (C) 2000 The Fisheries Societ y of the British Isles.