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Mitochondrial DNA Part A
DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis
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DNA barcoding of Gobiid fishes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from eastern and northeastern India with new record of a Gobionellinae species for the region

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Pages 584-587 | Received 13 Oct 2015, Accepted 14 Jan 2016, Published online: 25 Feb 2016
 

Abstract

The study attempted identification of Gobiid fishes from freshwaters in the east and northeast India on a collection of 20 specimens. The DNA barcode data delineated the collected samples into three species clades in the neighbor-joining tree. The results confirmed the identification of five sample sequences belonging to the subfamily Gobionellinae due to cohesive cladding with Awaous congeners. This is a new subfamily record for the northeastern region. Another 15 sample sequences showed conspecific cladding with Glossogobius giuris in the database. Among the 15 sample sequences, 14 sequences cladded with G. giuris sequences of Indian specimens while one sample sequence cladded with G. giuris sequences of South African specimens. This indicated the presence of either a hidden species or a previously synonymized species in the G. giuris complex.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Director, Zoological Survey of India for providing necessary facilities.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest in any form related to this work.

Funding information

Funding support for this work was provided by DST-SERB Young Scientist project (SB/FT/LS-162/2012) to BA, DBT Post-Doctoral Fellowship to SK and the core funding of Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis or preparation of the manuscript.

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