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Issue: Vol. 5415 No. 1: 20 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.3
Page range: 77-105
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Taxonomic revision of the Pirate Perches, Aphredoderus, (Percopsiformes: Aphredoderidae) with descriptions of two new species

Conservation Sciences Graduate Program; University of Minnesota; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108; Bell Museum of Natural History; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108
Department of Fisheries; Wildlife; and Conservation Biology; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108; Bell Museum of Natural History; St. Paul; MN; USA 55108
Pisces Ichthyology taxonomy lowland fishes ddRADseq systematics Southeastern United States

Abstract

Pirate Perches, Aphredoderus, are a widespread lowland freshwater fish native to the Eastern half of the United States. Aphredoderus was thought to contain a single species divided into an Eastern and Western subspecies on either side of the Appalachian Mountains with a widespread intergrade zone through much of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic drainages. We use morphology and genetic data from specimens spanning the entire range of the genus to determine species limits within Aphredoderus. We find evidence of five species, four of which exhibit widespread sympatry in the Southeastern United States. We elevate A. sayanus sayanus and A. sayanus gibbosus to species, redescribe A. mesotrema, supplement previous descriptions, and describe two new species, A. retrodorsalis, and A. ornatus.

 

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