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KMID : 1161520120160050415
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Animal Cells and Systems
2012 Volume.16 No. 5 p.415 ~ p.424
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Four newly reported ophichthid leptocephali species revealed by mitochondrial 12S rDNA, with implications of their occurrence in Korea
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Ji Hwan-Sung
Lee Hae-won
Hong Byung-Kyu
Kim Jin-Koo
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Abstract
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Four species of ophichthid leptocephali were identified using 12S rDNA sequences, and their morphological descriptions were first provided based on six individuals (S1?S3, M1, and E1?E2) collected from the East Sea and the Korea Strait between September 2008 and October 2010. Mitochondrial 12S rDNA 859?861 base pairs of ophichthid leptocephali were compared with those of 16 ophichthids adult and 2 outgroups (Anguilla japonica and Conger myriaster). Leptocephali of S1 and E1 were very closely clustered with adult of Scolecenchelys borealis (D=0.002) and Echelus uropterus (D=0.000), respectively. However, leptocephali of S2?S3 and M1 were slightly far clustered with leptocephalus of S1 (D=0.006) and adult of Muraenichthys gymnopterus (0.034), respectively. We believe that S1 and E1 are S. borealis and E. uropterus, respectively, in which the former is unrecorded species in Korea. However, S2?S3 and M1 may be undescribed species belonging to genus Scolecenchelys and Muraenichthys, respectively, because total numbers of myomeres for S2?S3 (148?158) and M1 (151) were not consistent with total numbers of vertebrae or distribution for any adult of Scolecenchelys spp. and Muraenichthys spp. in the world. We propose the new Korean name ‘Dong-hae-mul-baem’ for S. borealis.
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KEYWORD
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Scolecenchelys borealis, Scolecenchelys sp., Muraenichthys sp., Echelus uropterus, leptocephalus, 12S rDNA, undescribed species, Ophichthidae
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