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On The Status Of The Serranid Fish Genus Epinephelus: Evidence For Paraphyly Based Upon 16s Rdna Sequence, Matthew T. Craig, Daniel Pondella Ii, Jens P.C Franckb, John C. Hafner
On The Status Of The Serranid Fish Genus Epinephelus: Evidence For Paraphyly Based Upon 16s Rdna Sequence, Matthew T. Craig, Daniel Pondella Ii, Jens P.C Franckb, John C. Hafner
Daniel Pondella
Historically, attempts to elucidate evolutionary relationships among members of the genus Epinephelus (Teleostei: Serranidae), commonly known as groupers, have been hindered by the overwhelming number of species (98, sensu stricto), a pan global distribution, and the lack of morphological specializations traditionally used in ichthyological classification. To date, no comprehensive phylogenetic study, morphological or molecular, to evaluate the monophyly of this genus has been presented. In this study, previous hypotheses regarding the relationships among the American grouper species and the allied genera were evaluated by examination of mitochondrial DNA sequences of the 16S ribosomal DNA region. A 590-bp region of the …