- Title
- Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp.
- Creator
- Mwale, Monica, Kaiser, Horst, Barker, Nigel P, Wilson, A B, Teske, Peter R
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/445499
- Identifier
- vital:74393
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12130
- Description
- The taxonomic status of two southern African coastal pipefish species, Syngnathus temminckii and Syngnathus watermeyeri, was investigated using a combination of morphological and genetic data. Morphological data showed that S. temminckii is distinct from the broadly distributed European pipefish Syngnathus acus, and a molecular phylogeny reconstructed using mitochondrial DNA recovered S. temminckii and S. watermeyeri as sister taxa. The southern African species share an evolutionary origin with north‐eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea species, including S. acus. These data support the existence of a distinct southern African clade of Syngnathus pipefishes that has diverged in situ to form the two species present in the region today.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of fish biology, Mwale, M., Kaiser, H., Barker, N.P., Wilson, A.B. and Teske, P.R., 2013. Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp. Journal of fish biology, 82(6), pp.2045-2062, Journal of fish biology volume 86 number 2 2045 2062 2013 1095-8649
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Teske, Peter R (Prof)
Barker, Nigel Paul (Dr)
Kaiser, Horst (Prof)
RU Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science
RU Department of Botany
RU South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 15. Life On Land
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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