Variation of coloration in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lycodes yamatoi</Emphasis> Toyoshima, 1985 (Pisces: Zoarcidae) in the northern Sea of Japan |
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| Authors: | A A Balanov A D Kukhlevskii |
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| Institution: | 1.Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences,Vladivostok,Russia;2.Far-Eastern Federal University,Vladivostok,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Specimens of eelpouts were found in the northern Sea of Japan that were externally similar to Lycodes yamatoi Toyoshima, 1985, but their coloration differed from the coloring known for this species. Comparative analysis of meristic
characters and sequence comparison of mtDNA COI and cytb gene fragments did not reveal distinctions between specimens with
different types of coloration. All studied specimens belong to L. yamatoi. The live color pattern of L. yamatoi is characterized by high variation, with two main types of coloration, “dark” and “bright.” |
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