A New Molecular Phylogenetic Hypothesis for the Evolution of Freshwater Eels

Bastrop, Ralf; Strehlow, B.; Jürss, K.; Sturmbauer, Christian

doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0694

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“…Using dentition as a primary character, Ege (1939) distinguished 2 major lines of angullid speciation and 1 of them arose from A. ancestralis found on Celebes Island, which was later determined by Castle & Williamson (1974) to be A. celebesensis. A recent genetic study on the phylogeny of anguillid eels found that A. marmorata appeared to be the most ancestral of the 8 species examined (Bastrop et al 2000). However, in a more recent study Aoyama et al (2001) analyzed 18 species of anguillid eels, found that A. borneensis from Borneo Island was the most basal species, and proposed that anguillid eels originated near presentday Indonesia and dispersed to both the east and west along paleo-circumglobal equatorial currents.…”

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Inshore migration of the tropical eels Anguilla spp. recruiting to the Poigar River estuary on north Sulawesi Island

Sugeha¹,

Arai²,

Miller³

et al. 2001

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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To understand ecological and behavioral aspects of inshore migration of tropical eels, Anguilla spp., we collected 32 836 glass eels in the Poigar River estuary on north Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, in monthly collections from 1997 to 1999. The specimens were identified using morphological characters, and 3 species, A. celebesensis, A. marmorata, and A. bicolor pacifica, were found each year in fluctuating abundances. A. celebesensis was the most abundant species and comprised 73.5, 79.5, and 81.9% of all glass eels recruiting to the estuary of the Poigar River in 1997, 1998, and 1999, respectively. This species was relatively abundant in all 3 years with peaks during June in 1997 and 1998, and during September in 1999. A. marmorata was the second most abundant species and comprised 23.8, 18.8, and 17.7% of the yearly catches, respectively, and reached peaks in abundance during June in 1997 and 1998, and during January in 1999. A. bicolor pacifica comprised only 2.7, 1.7, and 0.3% of the yearly catches, respectively, with peak catches in June in 1997, in January in 1998, and in January and February in 1999. A. celebesensis and A. marmorata were collected almost throughout the year in 1997, 1998, and 1999, suggesting that in contrast to the temperate eels that recruit during half the year from winter to spring, these tropical eel species recruit to some degree throughout the year. Glass eels clearly were more abundant during new moon sampling events, with a total of 3075, 183, 3, and 90 glass eels collected in 10 sampling periods during new moon, waxing moon, full moon, and waning moon, respectively. All glass eels were collected at night (18:00 to 05:00 h) when light intensity ranged from 0 to 1.86 lux, and no glass eels were collected during the day (06:00 to 17:00 h) when light intensity ranged from 500 to 150 000 lux. During new moon, more glass eels were collected during flood tide than during ebb tide. These results suggest that a greater number of glass eels recruited to the Poigar River estuary at night, during new moon and during flood tide.

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Inshore migration of the tropical eels Anguilla spp. recruiting to the Poigar River estuary on north Sulawesi Island

Sugeha¹,

Arai²,

Miller³

et al. 2001

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…There is also a single record from South Africa (Smith 1989). Anguilliform fossils date back to the Cretaceous about 100 million yr ago (Bastrop et al 2000).…”

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“…The single genus Anguilla consists of 15 species and three subspecies (Watanabe 2003). The evolutionary history of the Anguillidae and the origins of the current global distribution of species are still in question (Bastrop et al 2000, Aoyama et al 2001, Lin et al 2001. They occur in all temperate and tropical waters except the southern Atlantic and the east coast of the Pacific (Aoyama et al 2001).…”

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Anguilla marmorata (Giant Mottled Eel) Discovered in a New Location: Natural Range Expansion or Recent Human Introduction?

Handler¹,

James²

2006

Pacific Science

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“…This is exemplified by R. anguilla, which is a parasite specific to European freshwater eels. Freshwater eels seem to have originated in the Far East (Bastrop et al, 2000;Tsukamoto et al, 2002) and then dispersed through the Indian Ocean to the rest of Asia and into Europe. Rhabdochona anguilla is not present in Asian eels.…”

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Biogeographic Hierarchical Levels and Parasite Speciation

Mejía-Madrid¹

2012

Global Advances in Biogeography

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A New Molecular Phylogenetic Hypothesis for the Evolution of Freshwater Eels

Cited by 31 publications

References 36 publications

Inshore migration of the tropical eels Anguilla spp. recruiting to the Poigar River estuary on north Sulawesi Island

Inshore migration of the tropical eels Anguilla spp. recruiting to the Poigar River estuary on north Sulawesi Island

Anguilla marmorata (Giant Mottled Eel) Discovered in a New Location: Natural Range Expansion or Recent Human Introduction?

Biogeographic Hierarchical Levels and Parasite Speciation

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