A genetic study to support morphometric analyses was used to improve the description and validate the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus (Syngnathidae) on the basis of a large number of specimens collected in the type locality (San Antonio Bay, Patagonia, Argentina). DNA sequence data (from the cytochrome b region of the mitochondrial genome) were used to differentiate this species from its relatives cited for the west Atlantic Ocean. Both phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses supported the hypothesis that H. patagonicus is a species clearly differentiated from others, in agreement with morphometric studies. Hippocampus patagonicus can be distinguished from Hippocampus erectus by the combination of the following morphometric characteristics: (1) in both sexes and all sizes of H. patagonicus, the snout length is always less than the postorbital length, whereas the snout length of H. erectus is not shorter than the postorbital length in the largest specimens; (2) in both sexes of H. patagonicus, the trunk length:total length (LTr:LT) is lower than in H. erectus (in female H. patagonicus: 0·27-0·39, H. erectus: 0·36-0·40 and in male H. patagonicus: 0·24-0·34, H. erectus: 0·33-0·43) and (3) in both sexes, tail length:total length (LTa:LT) in H. patagonicus is larger than in H. erectus (0·61-0·78 v. 0·54-0·64). © 2014 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Genetic evidence and new morphometric data as essential tools to identify the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus (Pisces, Syngnathidae) |
Autor: | González, R.; Dinghi, P.; Corio, C.; Medina, A.; Maggioni, M.; Storero, L.; Gosztonyi, A. |
Filiación: | Instituto de Biología Marina y Pesquera Almirante Storni, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Güemes 1030, (8520) San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rivadavia 1917, 5o piso, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 4o piso, Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro Nacional Patagónico (CONICET). Blvd. Alte. Brown s/n, (9120) Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Palabras clave: | Argentina; Phylogeny; Redescription; San Matías Gulf; Taxonomy |
Año: | 2014 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12299 |
Título revista: | Journal of Fish Biology |
Título revista abreviado: | J. Fish Biol. |
ISSN: | 00221112 |
CODEN: | JFIBA |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00221112_v_n_p_Gonzalez |