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Issue: Vol. 3964 No. 2: 2 Jun. 2015
Type: Erratum
Published: 2015-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.2.11
Page range: 300–300
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 16

Reassessment of multiple species of Gymnelus (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) in Pacific Arctic and boreal regions

California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 USA Point Stephens Research, P.O. Box 210307, Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 USA
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6139, South Africa
Zoarcidae Gymnelus eelpouts Gymnelus hemifasciatus Gymnelus viridis Arctic boreal Pacific DNA barcoding ecophenotype

Abstract

Recently described new nominal species and resurrected species in the eelpout genus Gymnelus Reinhardt 1834 were reassessed for validity using fresh material collected in Pacific Arctic regions and a large body of data from a previous systematic review of the genus. The analysis reported here included both DNA barcodes and morphology. Only two species were validated: G. viridis (Fabricius 1780) and G. hemifasciatus Andriashev 1937. The latter species occurred as two morphotypes for which there is some evidence of difference in ecological preference, but the available environ-mental data are not robust enough to firmly identify or verify ecophenotypes.