Discovery of a new minnow species in the Black and Marmara Sea basins, Türkiye
Using morphometric, meristic, molecular, and qualitative characters, it confirmed a specific status of a clade discovered. Phoxinus kottelati, a new species, is distributed in the southwestern Black and Marmara Sea drainages. It is distinguished by having the scales of the breast scaled but separate...
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| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Zoosystematics and Evolution |
| Online Access: | https://zse.pensoft.net/article/153391/download/pdf/ |
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| Summary: | Using morphometric, meristic, molecular, and qualitative characters, it confirmed a specific status of a clade discovered. Phoxinus kottelati, a new species, is distributed in the southwestern Black and Marmara Sea drainages. It is distinguished by having the scales of the breast scaled but separated by unscaled areas anteriorly, a color pattern in the spawning period, and a blue spot between the eye and the mouth in males. Molecular data also indicate that Phoxinus kottelati is characterized by a 2.1% sequence divergence in the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b (cyt b) gene from its closest relative P. strandjae, 2.8% from P. abanticus, and 3.0% from P. radeki. |
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| ISSN: | 1860-0743 |