An old taxonomic dilemma: The identity of the western south Atlantic lebranche mullet (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae)

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dc.contributor.authorMenezes, Naércio A.
dc.contributor.authorDe Oliveira, Cláudio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorNirchio, Mauro
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de Oriente
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T21:02:09Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T21:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-28
dc.description.abstractThe identification of the lebranche mullet in the western south Atlantic has long been problematical. In most recent works either Mugil liza Valenciennes and M. platanus Günther, 1880 or M. liza and M. cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 were recognized from the region and more rarely the occurrence of only one species has been proposed but without sufficient morphological, biochemical or molecular data to allow the designation of the taxonomically appropriate name. Analysis of meristic and morphometric data taken from samples collected from Venezuela to Argentina, clearly indicates that there is only one species of lebranche mullet in the Caribbean Sea region and the Atlantic coast of South America and that Mugil liza is the appropriate name. The comparison of the combined data from all the samples of M. liza with the data taken from one sample of M. cephalus that originated in the Mediterranean, the possible locality from which type specimens were collected (Eschmeyer and Fricke, 2009), revealed significant differences indicating that they are different species. It is also suggested that individuals from the western north Atlantic identified as M. cephalus might represent a population of M. liza in this region. Copyright © 2010 · Magnolia Press.en
dc.description.affiliationMuseu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 42494, 04218-970, São Paulo, SP
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Morfologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18618-000, Botucatu, SP
dc.description.affiliationEscuela de Ciências Aplicadas del Mar Universidad de Oriente, Apartado Postal 147, Porlamar, Isla de Margarita
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Morfologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18618-000, Botucatu, SP
dc.format.extent59-68
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2519.1.4
dc.identifier.citationZootaxa, n. 2519, p. 59-68, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.11646/zootaxa.2519.1.4
dc.identifier.issn1175-5334
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77954327406
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/225959
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofZootaxa
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCaribbean and South American Atlantic waters
dc.subjectMisidentification
dc.subjectMugilid species
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.titleAn old taxonomic dilemma: The identity of the western south Atlantic lebranche mullet (Teleostei: Perciformes: Mugilidae)en
dc.typeArtigo

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