What can goby otolith morphology tell us?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/18:10392061

Result on the web

<a href="http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/what-can-goby-otolith-morphology-tell-us" target="_blank" >http://sfi-cybium.fr/fr/what-can-goby-otolith-morphology-tell-us</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2018-424-006" target="_blank" >10.26028/cybium/2018-424-006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

What can goby otolith morphology tell us?

Original language description

This case study deals with otoliths of the Oxudercidae, which, together with the Gobiidae, encompasses the 5-branchiostegal-rayed gobiiforms. The objective was to determine whether the five lineages of the Oxudercidae, and individual species of the European Pomatoschistus lineage, could be distinguished based on the quantification of otolith variations. The data set comprises otoliths from a total of 84 specimens belonging to 20 recent species, which represent all five lineages of the Oxudercidae (Mugilogobius, Acanthogobius, Pomatoschistus, Stenogobius, Periophthalmus), and five fossil otoliths of +Pomatoschistus sp. (sensu Brzobohatý, 1994). Ten measurements were taken on each otolith and 23 otolith variables were computed and used for univariate and multivariate analyses. The results indicate that otolith morphometry (i) is capable of identifying the Pomatoschistus and Periophthalmus lineages among the Oxudercidae, but is of limited use in the separation of the other three lineages; (ii) can reliably distinguish the sand gobies (a distinct clade within the Pomatoschistus lineage) from other members of the Pomatoschistus lineage; and (iii) supports a previous assignment of fossil otoliths to +Pomatoschistus sp. as an ancient genus of the sand gobies. With its middle Miocene age (15 m.y. ago), +Pomatoschistus sp. represents the oldest record of a sand goby species to date. We discuss possible relationships between distinct otolith morphologies, biogeographic distribution and lifestyles for Pomatoschistus and the Periophthalmus lineage, and also for the sand gobies. We conclude that otolith morphology, combined with morphometry, can be considered as an autapomorphy for an individual species from the studied groups. In addition, it also appears to contain a phylogenetic signal, but more work is needed to evaluate this fully.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Cybium

ISSN

0399-0974

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

42

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

349-363

UT code for WoS article

000456227600007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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