title: Atherina punctata and Atherina lagunae (Pisces, Atherinidae), new species found in the Mediterranean sea. 2. Molecular investigations of three Atherinid species.
abstract: On the basis of morphoanatomical parameters, the sand smelt species (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810) is viewed as a highly polymorphic complex. In this study, intraspecific sequence variation in a portion of the cytochrome b gene was examined in 88 individuals from Tunisia and France. The correlation between the results of statistical analysis of the sequence data using a variety of tree-building algorithms and morphoanatomical analyses demonstrated the subdivision into three putative species: A. boyeri, which only includes non-punctuated fishes, A. punctata, which corresponds to punctuated fishes and A. lagunae, which corresponds to atherines living in lagoons.
authors.affiliation: EA 2202, place Victor-Hugo, université de Provence, 13331 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilles
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fleury
authors.forename: Fadhila
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mâamouri
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Quignard
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faure
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D005399:Fishes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group