A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju 1975 is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939). Issue 4 (10th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chow, S.; Yanagimoto, T.; Kurogi, H.; Appleyard, S. A.; Pogonoski, J. J.
• Is Part Of: Journal of fish biology. Volume 89:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 2203
• Page End: 2211
• Publication Date: 2016-08-10
• Subjects: Anguilliformes -- coI gene -- DNA -- myomere -- synonym -- vertebral counts; Fishes -- Periodicals; Fishes -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 597
• DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1112

Abstract

Abstract : A single specimen of giant leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju 1975 was caught in subtropical waters of the western North Pacific Ocean. Mitochondrial coI gene sequence divergence between T. foliaceus and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939) was 0·64 ± 0·27% (mean ±s.e. ), and the myomere and vertebral counts of these species were similar, indicating T. foliaceus is a junior synonym of C. maldivensis .