Two spinefoot colour morphs: mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens and white-spotted spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus are synonyms.
Mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens and white-spotted spinefoot Siganus canaliculatus are two similar species that differ subtly in colouration and morphology. Three major mtDNA clades were identified for these species, but individuals were clustered by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) according to geography rather than morphology, suggesting that the colour morphs are interbreeding.
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.
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D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D000818:Animals; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D045303:Cytochromes b