Are There Atlantic Species of the Genus Trachinotus (Carangidae), T. falcatus and T. ovatus, in Asian Mariculture?

— According to numerous scientific publications and commercial offers, two species of pompano, Trachinotus blochii and T. falcatus, are currently cultivated in the mariculture in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, particularly, in Vietnam. It is also believed that T. blochii and T. ovatus are grown in aquat...

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Published in:Journal of ichthyology 2024-10, Vol.64 (5), p.854-863
Main Authors: Shadrin, A. M., Semenova, A. V., Thanh, Nguyen Thị Hai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
China
DNA barcoding
farms
genus
Life Sciences
mariculture
Marine aquaculture
Nucleotide sequence
Nucleotides
Species
species identification
Taiwan
Trachinotus anak
Trachinotus blochii
Vietnam
Zoology
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Summary:— According to numerous scientific publications and commercial offers, two species of pompano, Trachinotus blochii and T. falcatus, are currently cultivated in the mariculture in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, particularly, in Vietnam. It is also believed that T. blochii and T. ovatus are grown in aquatic farms of mainland China. Taxonomic identification by morphological characters of pompano species from a farm in the southern part of Central Vietnam and the results of the DNA barcoding showed that one of these species is indeed T. blochii , while the second one is not T. falcatus , but T. anak . Analysis of the literature data did not reveal any confirmed evidence of either introduction or presence of T. falcatus and T. ovatus in Asian waters. Moreover, the comparison of the generated nucleotide sequences with the sequences from genetic databases (GenBank and BOLD), allowed us to conclude that these species are unlikely to be present in mariculture, and all the mentions of them in numerous scientific publications from this region are the result of misidentification of T. anak .
ISSN:0032-9452
1555-6425
DOI:10.1134/S0032945224700577