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Wen-Chien Huang<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rodulf Anthony Balisco<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Florence Chan Evacitas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Cebu<\/span>
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Te-Yu Lia<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Uropterygius concolor<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>R\u00fcppell, the type species of the genus\u00a0<\/span>Uropterygius<\/i>, is a small, uniformly brown moray considered to be widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. However, a recent study indicated that the real\u00a0<\/span>U. concolor<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is currently known only from the type locality in the Red Sea, and species recorded outside the Red Sea may represent a species complex that comprises several species. In this study, we assess the genetic and morphological variations of this species complex based on available data. Analyses of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences revealed at least six distinct genetic lineages recognized under \u2018U. concolor<\/i>\u2019. After carefully comparing the morphologies, one of the lineages is described herein as a new species,\u00a0<\/span>Uropterygius mactanensis<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>sp. nov., based on 21 specimens collected from Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines. Another distinct lineage is considered to be a possibly undescribed species based on diagnostic morphological characters. Although the taxonomic status of junior synonyms of\u00a0<\/span>U. concolor<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>and some lineages still remain unresolved, this study provides informative morphological characters (i.e.<\/i>, tail length, trunk length, vertebrae number, and arrangement of teeth) that can be used in future studies on this species complex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jfb.15472<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Authors   Wen-Chien Huang Rodulf Anthony Balisco Florence Chan Evacitas Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of the Philippines Cebu Te-Yu Lia Abstract Uropterygius concolor\u00a0R\u00fcppell, the type species of the genus\u00a0Uropterygius, is a small, uniformly brown moray considered to be widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. However, a recent study indicated that the real\u00a0U. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[34],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1636","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1636\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}