Morphological and molecular evidence supports the occurrence of a single species of Zebrias zebrinus along the coastal waters of China

WANG Zhongming; KONG Xiaoyu; HUANG Liangmin; WANG Shuying; SHI Wei; KANG Bin

doi:10.1007/s13131-014-0457-y

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WANG Zhongming, KONG Xiaoyu, HUANG Liangmin, WANG Shuying, SHI Wei, KANG Bin. Morphological and molecular evidence supports the occurrence of a single species of Zebrias zebrinus along the coastal waters of China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(8): 44-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0457-y

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WANG Zhongming, KONG Xiaoyu, HUANG Liangmin, WANG Shuying, SHI Wei, KANG Bin. Morphological and molecular evidence supports the occurrence of a single species of Zebrias zebrinus along the coastal waters of China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(8): 44-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0457-y

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WANG Zhongming, KONG Xiaoyu, HUANG Liangmin, WANG Shuying, SHI Wei, KANG Bin. Morphological and molecular evidence supports the occurrence of a single species of Zebrias zebrinus along the coastal waters of China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(8): 44-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0457-y

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Morphological and molecular evidence supports the occurrence of a single species of Zebrias zebrinus along the coastal waters of China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0457-y

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Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China;Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Zhejiang, Zhoushan 316100, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, Marine Biodiversity Collection of South China Sea, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Asian International Rivers Center, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China

Received Date: 2012-11-11
Rev Recd Date: 2013-05-28

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Abstract

The so-called zebra sole includes a group of small flatfishes characterized by transverse band pairs on the ocular side and distributed throughout shallow waters along the coast of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Several species of the zebra sole have been recorded from the coastal waters of China. Morphological analysis of 1107 specimens of the zebra sole from 15 successive localities along the China's coast demonstrated that no significant variations among these localities were found on the basis of meristic counts and morphometric characters. Phylogenetic analysis based on COI gene sequences of 14 individuals and D-loop of 22 individuals from eight localities showed that they were indistinguishable among these localities. Therefore, both morphological and molecular evidence supported the occurrence of a single species of the zebra sole along the China's coast. The available name for this species is Zebrias zebrinus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) instead of Z. zebra (Bloch, 1787). Zebrias fasciatus (Basilewsky, 1855) and Solea ommatura (Richardson, 1846) are considered here as two synonyms of Z. zebrinus.
- Zebrias,
- zebra sole,
- China’s coast,
- morphological and molecular evidence,
- species validity,
- synonyms

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