Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae), a guppy in an oceanic archipelago: from where did it come?

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 746; no. 746; pp. 91 - 104
• Main Authors: Berbel-Filho, Waldir Miron, Barros-Neto, Luciano Freitas, Dias, Ricardo Marques, Mendes, Liana Figueiredo, Figueiredo, Carlos Augusto Assumpção, Torres, Rodrigo Augusto, Lima, Sergio Maia Queiroz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 26.03.2018
• Subjects: Biogeography; Biological Invasions; Cytochrome oxidase I; Discovery and exploration; Dispersal; Evolution (Adaptation) and Conservation; Evolutionary biology; Geographical distribution; Haplotypes; Identification and classification; Mitochondria; Origin; Owls; Paleozoic; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Poecilia vivipara; Poeciliidae; Population studies; River basins; Rivers; South America; Zoology; Brazil; Mosquito larvae control; Natural dispersal; Fernando de Noronha arquipelago; Mitochondrial DNA; Human-mediated dispersal; Mosquitofish

, a small euryhaline guppy is reported at the Maceió River micro-basin in the Fernando de Noronha oceanic archipelago, northeast Brazil. However, the origin (human-mediated or natural dispersal) of this insular population is still controversial. The present study investigates how this population is...