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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Using Different Methods to Access the Difficult Task of Delimiting Species in a Complex Neotropical Hyperdiverse Group

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Author(s):
Costa-Silva, Guilherme J. [1] ; Rodriguez, Monica S. [2] ; Roxo, Fabio F. [1] ; Foresti, Fausto [1] ; Oliveira, Claudio [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Morfol, Lab Biol Genet Peixes, Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Vicosa, Rio Paranaiba, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: PLoS One; v. 10, n. 9 SEP 2 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 23
Abstract

The genus Rineloricaria is a Neotropical freshwater fish group with a long and problematic taxonomic history, attributed to the large number of species and the pronounced similarity among them. In the present work, taxonomic information and different molecular approaches were used to identify species boundaries and characterize independent evolutionary units. We analyzed 228 samples assembled in 53 distinct morphospecies. A general mixed yule-coalescent (GMYC) analysis indicated the existence of 70 entities, while BOLD system analyses showed the existence of 56 distinct BINs. When we used a new proposed integrative taxonomy approach, mixing the results obtained by each analysis, we identified 73 OTUs. We suggest that Rineloricaria probably has some complexity in the known species and several species not formally described yet. Our data suggested that other hyperdiverse fish groups with wide distributions can be further split into many new evolutionary taxonomic units. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/05051-5 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the superfamily Loricarioidea
Grantee:Fábio Fernandes Roxo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral