Morphometric and meristic characteristics of two groups ofLethenteron reissneri |
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Authors: | Yuji Yamazaki Akira Goto |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Aquatic Breeding Science, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minatocho, 041 Hakodate, Japan |
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Abstract: | Morphometric and meristic characteristics were compared between two genetically divergent groups ofLethenteron reissneri, collected from Hokkaido and Honshu islands, Japan. Whereas significant differences were found in some morphometric and meristic characters, the ranges overlapped somewhat in all of the characters examined between the two groups. Thus, it was difficult to distinguish exactly between the two groups using only the morphological characters. In sympatric populations of the two groups, no significant differences were found in almost all of the morphometric and meristic characters examined. The two groups ofL. reissneri, which are reproductively isolated from each other, should be regarded as sibling species. Assortative mating, based on morphological features, appears unlikely as the reproductive isolating mechanism between the two groups. |
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Keywords: | Brook lamprey sympatric populations reproductive isolation morphological similarity sibling species |
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