Genetic Confirmation of the Striped Eel Catfish Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from Iskenderun Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Türkiye)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Genetic Confirmation of the Striped Eel Catfish Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) from Iskenderun Bay (Eastern Mediterranean, Türkiye)

Published:2024-07-10 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:24-29
ISSN:2651-5326
Container-title:Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries
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Author:

Turan Cemal¹^ORCID,Ergenler Ayşegül¹^ORCID,Turan Funda¹^ORCID,Doğdu Servet Ahmet²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. ISKENDERUN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

2. Iskenderun Technical University, Maritime Technologies School of Higher Education, Underwater Technologies, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

Abstract

The records of the striper eel catfish Plotosus lineatus have been assigned based on morphological characters in the Mediterranean Sea. However, molecular and genetic analyses are needed to confirm the morphological taxonomic determination and avoid misidentification. In this study, the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene region was used for genetic confirmation of Plotosus lineatus in the Mediterranean Sea. The obtained P. lineatus sequences were found to have a 100% identity match with the Red Sea and Mediterranean records. The present molecular genetic study confirms the presence of P. lineatus in Turkish marine waters. Also, this study is the first genetic confirmation of P. lineatus on the coast of Türkiye and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Publisher

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University

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