First record of mudskipper Boleophthalmus dussumieri (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) on the coast of Mozambique and evidence of two putative lineages along its known distribution range |
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| Authors: | Valdemiro Muhala Aurycéia Guimarães-Costa Isadola Eusébio Macate Sara Tembe Yolanda Mula Érica Tóvela Adam Rick Bessa-Silva Marcelo Vallinoto Iracilda Sampaio |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratório de Evolução, Universidade Federal do Pará, Alameda Leandro Ribeiro, Bragança, Brazil;2. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Escola Superior de Ciências Marinhas e Costeiras, Quelimane, Mozambique;3. Museu de História Natural de Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique |
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| Abstract: | Boleophthalmus dussumieri is one of the most widely distributed mudskippers and is native to the Persian Gulf in Iran down to the northeast of the Arabian Sea and the coast of India. Nonetheless, the present study is the first to confirm the presence of B. dussumieri in the marine areas of the Mozambique coast. In addition, molecular analysis revealed strong evidence for the existence of two lineages with a high level of nucleotide divergence along the sampled area, revealing a still-neglected taxonomic condition for this lineage/species. |
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| Keywords: | COI gene lineages Mozambique's costal zones new record |
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