title: Complete mitochondrial genome of Ictalurus pricei (Teleostei: Ictaluridae) and evidence of a cryptic Ictalurus species in Northwest Mexico.
abstract: The nominal Yaqui catfish, Ictalurus pricei, is a species of Ictaluridae (Siluriformes) often recorded from Northwest Mexico. Southern distribution members of the I. pricei complex in Northwest Mexico include at least one undescribed species that differs from Yaqui catfish in morphological features, herein called "Sinaloa Catfish". Sequencing of four geographical mitogenome haplotypes of Yaqui catfish and Sinaloa catfish showed geographical haplotypes of I. pricei within a clade of specific identity, close to Sinaloa catfish haplotypes. Our molecular phylogeny represents a working hypothesis supporting information on the evolutionary relationships of the Ictalurus species from Western Mexico and Western USA.
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ballesteros-Córdova
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castañeda-Rivera
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grijalva-Chon
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: Reyna A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Castillo-Gámez
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: Luis E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Millán
authors.affiliation: b Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad Autónoma de Baja California , Ensenada , Baja California , México.
authors.forename: Faustino
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camarena-Rosales
authors.affiliation: b Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad Autónoma de Baja California , Ensenada , Baja California , México.
authors.forename: Gorgonio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Campos
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas , Universidad de Sonora , Hermosillo , Sonora , México and.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varela-Romero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D007059:Ictaluridae / Q000235:genetics*; D008800:Mexico; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Cryptic species; Ictaluridae; Ictalurus pricei complex; North America