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The DNA barcoding of Mediterranean combtooth blennies suggests the paraphyly of some taxa (Perciformes, Blenniidae)
Luca VecchioniFrancesco TiralongoLilia Bahri-sfarMarco ArculeoFederico MarroneEya BelaibaEya Belaibasubject
0106 biological sciencesParaphylySalariaSalariaCombtooth blennyAquatic ScienceDNA Mitochondrial010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesDNA barcodingbarcode of life database (BOLD)MonophylyGenusMediterranean SeaAnimalsDNA Barcoding TaxonomicparaphylyParablenniusautomatic barcode gap discovery (ABGD)PhylogenyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsParablenniubiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologybiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicPerciformesTaxonEvolutionary biologyTaxonomy (biology)description
A dataset including novel and publicly available mtDNA COI sequences of 14 Mediterranean combtooth blenny species belonging to nine genera was assembled in order to provide a reference dataset for DNA barcoding studies. Some inconsistencies in the current taxonomy of some genera were observed. In particular, the monophyly of the genera Parablennius and Salaria is not supported by the present dataset and the absence of reciprocal monophyly between the morphospecies Salaria basilisca and S. pavo questions their status and stresses the need of a revision of the genus Salaria.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 | Journal of Fish Biology |