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Integrated taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in Northern Australian fishes: a new species of seamoth (Genus Pegasus)
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Osterhage, D and Pogonoski, JJ and Appleyard, SA and White, WT, Integrated taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in Northern Australian fishes: a new species of seamoth (Genus Pegasus), PLoS One, 11, (3) Article e0149415. ISSN 1932-6203 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright: © 2016 Osterhage et al. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149415
Abstract
Fishes are one of the most intensively studied marine taxonomic groups yet cryptic species are still being discovered. An integrated taxonomic approach is used herein to delineate and describe a new cryptic seamoth (genus Pegasus) from what was previously a wide-ranging species. Preliminary mitochondrial DNA barcoding indicated possible speciation in Pegasus volitans specimens collected in surveys of the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef off Queensland in Australia. Morphological and meristic investigations found key differences in a number of characters between P. volitans and the new species, P. tetrabelos. Further mt DNA barcoding of both the COI and the slower mutating 16S genes of additional specimens provided strong support for two separate species. Pegasus tetrabelos and P. volitans are sympatric in northern Australia and were frequently caught together in trawls at the same depths.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | seamoth, taxonomy, Pegasus |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
| Research Field: | Animal systematics and taxonomy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences |
| UTAS Author: | White, WT (Dr William White) |
| ID Code: | 118760 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
| Deposited By: | Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration |
| Deposited On: | 2017-07-19 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-08-17 |
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