title: A giant anguilliform leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju is a junior synonym of Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939).
abstract: A single specimen of giant leptocephalus Thalassenchelys foliaceus Castle & Raju 1975 was caught in subtropical waters of the western North Pacific Ocean. Mitochondrial coI gene sequence divergence between T. foliaceus and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman 1939) was 0·64 ± 0·27% (mean ± s.e.), and the myomere and vertebral counts of these species were similar, indicating T. foliaceus is a junior synonym of C. maldivensis.
authors: National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan. chow@affrc.go.jp.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Chow
authors: National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Yanagimoto
authors: National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, 6-3-1 Nagai, Kanagawa 238-0316, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kurogi
authors: Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Appleyard
authors: Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Pogonoski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004524:Eels / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Anguilliformes; DNA; coI gene; myomere; synonym; vertebral counts