Murky mysteries: population structure and gene flow of the estuarine darter goby (Ctenogobius boleosoma)

• Published in: Conservation genetics Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 677 - 686
• Main Authors: Campbell, D. Cooper, Tornabene, Luke, Pezold, Frank, Bart, Henry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Coasts; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ctenogobius boleosoma; Discriminant analysis; Ecology; Estuaries; Evolutionary Biology; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Geographical distribution; Habitats; Life Sciences; Nucleotides; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Population genetics; Population structure; Population studies; River flow; River outflow; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Taxonomy; Gulf of Mexico; Florida; Alabama; United States > US; Atlantic Ocean; Mississippi River; SNPs; Gulf of Mexico; Gobiidae; Population genetics; Atlantic Ocean
• ISSN: 1566-0621; 1572-9737
• DOI: 10.1007/s10592-025-01695-1

The darter goby ( Ctenogobius boleosoma ) is a small species of fish that is part of the order Gobiiformes, whose taxonomy and description are regularly the subject of debate. Ctenogobius boleosoma is a euryhaline species with a large estuarine distribution within the western Atlantic Ocean, spannin...