Using DNA barcodes to confirm new records of Amazon longfin herrings Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 and Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Clupeiformes: Pristigasteridae) in the Branco River sub-basin

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 25 Aug 2017Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:Check List, volume 13, pages 391-395 (eissn: 1809-127X,

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Authors: Ximenes, Aline Mourão; Nogueira Machado, Valéria; Martinez, José Gregório; Farias, Joiciane Gonçalves; Farias, Izeni Pires;

doi: 10.15560/13.4.391

Using DNA barcodes to confirm new records of Amazon longfin herrings Pellona castelnaeana Valenciennes, 1847 and Pellona flavipinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Clupeiformes: Pristigasteridae) in the Branco River sub-basin

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This note demonstrates the use of a DNA barcoding methodology in confirming new occurrence records of Pellona castelnaeana and Pellona flavipinnis in the Branco River sub-basin. The DNA barcode result was verified by identification based on morphological characters of both species. Thus, these records increase the species’ ranges by more than 600 km in the Amazon and show evidence of high genetic variability in P. flavipinnis.

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Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Brazil
Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia
Colombia
University of the State of Amazonas
Brazil

Keywords

Amazon basin distribution, QH301-705.5, morphological characters, range extension, new records, Biology (General), apapás, barcoding

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