title: A preliminary genetic distinctness of four Coilia fishes (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.
abstract: In order to understand the genetic distinctness between four Coilia fishes,i.e., C. ectenes, C. e. taihuensis, C. mystus, and C. grayii, the combined cytochrome b (cytb), 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA gene sequences were obtained and analysed. The results are as follows: 1) neighbour-joining (NJ) and maximum parsimony (MP) trees were built with 1000 bootstrap replicates. They supported that Coilia fishes consisted of two clades: C. grayii form a monophyletic group, and the rest samples form the other monophyletic group; 2) the topological differences between the NJ tree and the MP tree are checked by Templeton test, indicating that their differences are insignificant (P > 0.05); and 3) Kimura-2-parameter distances between the samples of C. ectenes, C. e. taihuensis and C. mystus are all no bigger than 1.6%, and most of them are between 0.0% and 0.9%. C. ectenes, C. e. taihuensis and C. mystus are closely related and that their differences may be under subspecies.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine and Estuarine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, China. qiquncheng@gmail.com
authors.forename: Qiqun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Huaping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Daru
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial