New Data on the Distribution of the Bulgarian Spined Loach Cobitis strumicae (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in Türkiye

This study reports the presence of Cobitis strumicae Karaman, 1955 in Terme Stream (Samsun-Black Sea-Türkiye). Molecular and morphometric approaches were used together to prove the existence of the species in Terme Stream. The family Cobitidae represents a unique element of ichthyofauna. Even while...

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Published in:Inland water biology 2023-06, Vol.16 (3), p.520-529
Main Authors: Ozpicak, M., Yilmaz, S., Saygin, S., Polat, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bats
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cobitidae
Cobitis strumicae
Cytochrome
Cytochrome b
Cytochromes
Distribution
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Geoecology/Natural Processes
Ichthyofauna
Ichthyology
Life Sciences
Morphology
Morphometry
Nucleotide sequence
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Rivers
Sexual dimorphism
Spine
Taxonomy
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Summary:This study reports the presence of Cobitis strumicae Karaman, 1955 in Terme Stream (Samsun-Black Sea-Türkiye). Molecular and morphometric approaches were used together to prove the existence of the species in Terme Stream. The family Cobitidae represents a unique element of ichthyofauna. Even while sexual dimorphism can take many different forms, taxonomy studies have only used a small number of morphological features, leaving many concerns unanswered. In addition to the assessments of phenotypic traits (Gambetta’s longitudinal zones, Canestrini’s scales, suborbital spine morphology, barbel and mental lobe morphology), mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (cyt b ) (1140 bp) sequence variation was studied in molecular analysis. We present the phylogenetic relationships of morphologically diagnosable subgenus Bicanestrinia from Asia Minor and Balkans in here. Samples from Terme (Accession Numbers: ON116344 and ON116345) and GENBANK were combined in the phylogenetic analysis. Our findings offered a significant distribution update of C. strumicae from Terme Stream, a southern coastal Black Sea drainage, and support the vicariance theory, according to the results of this study.
ISSN:1995-0829
1995-0837
DOI:10.1134/S1995082923030161