Using DNA barcodes to confirm new records of Amazon longfin herrings Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 and Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Clupeiformes: Pristigasteridae) in the Branco River sub-basin

This note demonstrates the use of a DNA barcoding methodology in confirming new occurrence records of Pellona castelnaeana and Pellona flavipinnis in the Branco River subbasin. The DNA barcode result was verified by identification based on morphological characters of both species. Thus, these record...

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Published inCheck list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 391 - 395
Main Authors Ximenes, Aline Mourão, Nogueira Machado, Valéria, Martinez, José Gregório, Farias, Joiciane Gonçalves, Farias, Izeni Pires
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sofia Pensoft Publishers 25.08.2017
Subjects
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Genetic variability
New records
Pellona castelnaeana
Pellona flavipinnis
Pristigasteridae
Rivers
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Summary:This note demonstrates the use of a DNA barcoding methodology in confirming new occurrence records of Pellona castelnaeana and Pellona flavipinnis in the Branco River subbasin. The DNA barcode result was verified by identification based on morphological characters of both species. Thus, these records increase the species’ ranges by more than 600 km in the Amazon and show evidence of high genetic variability in P. flavipinnis.
ISSN:1809-127X
1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/13.4.391