Failure to confirm previous identification of two putative museum specimens of the Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, as the Adriatic sturgeon, A. naccarii

MtDNA analyses were employed to examine the species identification of three preserved museum sturgeon specimens from the River Guadalquivir, two of which were originally described as Acipenser sturio L., 1758 by Hernando (1975; Donana, Acta Vertd 2: 263-264). Later the same two specimens were identi...

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Published in:Marine biology 2000-03, Vol.136 (2), p.373-377
Main Authors: DOUKAKIS, P, BIRSTEIN, V. J, DESALLE, R, LUDWIG, A. N, LUDWIG, A, MACHORDOM, A, ALMODOVAR, A, ELVIRA, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acipenser naccarii
Acipenser sturio
Agnatha. Pisces
Biological and medical sciences
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Fish
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Marine biology
Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution
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Summary:MtDNA analyses were employed to examine the species identification of three preserved museum sturgeon specimens from the River Guadalquivir, two of which were originally described as Acipenser sturio L., 1758 by Hernando (1975; Donana, Acta Vertd 2: 263-264). Later the same two specimens were identified as A. naccarii Bonaparte, 1936 by Garrido-Ramos et al. (1997; Mar Biol 129: 33-39) on the basis of morphometric and nuclear DNA analyses.
ISSN:0025-3162
1432-1793
DOI:10.1007/s002270050695