naa a22 4500 510753655 CHVBK 20180411083113.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0304-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0304-6 Differentiation of coral trout ( Plectropomus leopardus ) based on an analysis of morphology and complete mitochondrial DNA: Are cryptic species present? [Elektronische Daten] [Xiaopeng Cai, Meng Qu, Shaoxiong Ding, Hangjun Wang, Hongjie Wang, Luyi Hu, Yongquan Su] Two morphotypes of Plectropomus leopardus have been identified; morphometric and meristic analyses show that there is no diagnostic difference between them. A difference in color pattern was the most appropriate phenotypic character with which to distinguish between the two morphotypes. Complete mitochondrialDNA sequencing, however, indicated a clear difference between the two morphotypes. Barcoding analysis revealed no significant difference (P>0.05) in CO1 or ND2 divergence among intramorphotypic individuals, even between geographically separated populations, whereas the intermorphotypic CO1 and ND2 divergences were large enough (averaging 0.95% for CO1 and 1.37% for ND2) to clearly discriminate between the two morphotypes. The color pattern difference, geographical distribution, together with the mtDNA and barcode sequencing data, suggest that the two morphotypes should be of two subspecies or even two species. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 Plectropomus leopardus nationallicence morphotype nationallicence ompletemitochondrial DNA nationallicence barcoding nationallicence Cai Xiaopeng State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Qu Meng State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Ding Shaoxiong State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Wang Hangjun State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Wang Hongjie State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Hu Luyi Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Swingle Hall, Auburn University, 36849, Auburn, Alabama, USA aut Su Yongquan State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/6(2013-06-01), 40-46 0253-505X 32:6<40 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0304-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0304-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cai Xiaopeng State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qu Meng State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ding Shaoxiong State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Hangjun State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Hongjie State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hu Luyi Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Swingle Hall, Auburn University, 36849, Auburn, Alabama, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Su Yongquan State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/6(2013-06-01), 40-46 0253-505X 32:6<40 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer