Journal Article

DNA barcode data confirm the placement of subterranean Noemacheilus (Troglocobitis) starostini Parin 1983 in the genus Paracobitis (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae)

Freyhof, J., Geiger, M.F., Ball, S. and Zimmerman, B.

Record Number:
5977
Year:
2022
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
565-574
Volume:
5190
PMCID:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5190.4.6
URL:
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:87A1B2FA-BC74-447A-BB8F-899A6F86678E
Abstract:
taxonomic context of the large group of nemacheilid loaches known from Western and Central Asia. All applied phylogenetic tree-based analyses place the species into the genus Paracobitis. This finding supports previous morphological studies. While the exact position of Troglocobitis starostini within Paracobitis was not resolved unambiguously, it was constantly recovered within Paracobitis, irrespective of the tree reconstruction method applied. With a minimum interspecific K2P distance of 7.19% P. persa was the closest hit in our dataset, which comprised a total of ten species of Paracobitis, which showed an average interspecific K2P distance of 5.43% (range 2.78–9.44%).
Times Cited:
1
Relevent Species:
Paracobitis starostini (Parin 1983)