<i>Lebias stiassnyae</i>: A New Species of Killifish from Lake Afdera, Ethiopia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)

Getahun, Abebe; Lazara, Kenneth J.

doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0150:lsanso]2.0.co;2

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“…In Central Anatolia some populations of A. anatoliae have adapted to such extreme environments as saline and bitter lakes. The recently described Lebias stiassnyae appears to be sympatric with A. dispar in hypersaline Lake Afdera, Ethiopia, and has been suggested to originate in situ ( Getahun & Lazara, 2001 ). The generic names Lebias and Aphanius are synonyms, and debate whether Lebias is a junior synonym of Aphanius , or if Aphanius is a junior synonym of Lebias is ongoing ( Lazara, 1995 ; Wildekamp et al ., 1999 ).…”

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Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)

Hrbek

Meyer

2003

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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To test vicariant speciation hypotheses derived from geological evidence of the closing of the Tethys Sea, we reconstruct phylogenetic relationships of the predominantly fresh-water killifish genus Aphanius using 3263 aligned base pairs of mitochondrial DNA from samples representing 49 populations of 13 species. We use additional 11 cyprinodontid species as outgroup taxa. Genes analysed include those encoding the partial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNAs; transfer RNAs for valine, leucine, isoleucine, glutamine, methionine, tryptophan, alanine, asparagine, cysteine and tyrosine; and complete nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit I and II. Molecular substitution rate for this DNA region is estimated at of 8.6 ± 0

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Section: The Study System – Genus Aphaniusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)

Hrbek

Meyer

2003

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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162

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“…Nineteen species are currently recognized within Aphanius, six of which were distinguished only recently (Getahun and Lazara, 2001;Doadrio et al, 2002;Hrbek and Wildekamp, 2003;Blanco et al, 2006;Hrbek et al, 2006;Kottelat et al, 2007). It is probable that additional species occur in remote areas, for example, in land-locked sites in Iran (Coad, 2000;Coad and Abdoli, 2000) and perhaps also in Arabia.…”

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Geographic variation in otolith morphology among freshwater populations of Aphanius dispar (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from the southeastern Arabian Peninsula

Reichenbacher

Feulner²,

Schulz‐Mirbach

2008

Journal of Morphology

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Aphanius Nardo is a large genus of teleost fishes in the Old World, with 19 described species. Several of these species have only recently been recognized and additional species can be expected from isolated populations in remote areas. We show here that otolith morphology and statistical analyses of otolith variables can contribute to the detection of genetic differentiation in Aphanius. We studied samples of eight Aphanius dispar populations from the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Two populations originate from freshwater habitats far inland and probably have been isolated since the late Holocene some 4,000 years ago, three populations come from freshwater habitats with occasional connections to the sea, one population originates from a coastal site, and two were artificially introduced populations. The coastal population is interpreted as possessing the basic otolith type of A. dispar. The basic otolith type also occurs in fishes from the freshwater habitat which is located closest to the coast. Otoliths from the two other freshwater populations with occasional connections to the coast differ slightly from the basic type. However, the two populations from the long-term isolated freshwater habitats far inland show distinct morphological changes. Our results are consistent with the hypotheses that i) otolith morphology is primarily genetically determined and is little influenced by physical parameters of the habitat, and ii) isolated A. dispar populations may be capable of evolving into new species within short periods of time.

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Fish Populations in East African Saline Lakes

Kavembe

Meyer

Wood

2016

Soda Lakes of East Africa

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Lebias stiassnyae: A New Species of Killifish from Lake Afdera, Ethiopia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae)

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)

Closing of the Tethys Sea and the phylogeny of Eurasian killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontidae)

Geographic variation in otolith morphology among freshwater populations of Aphanius dispar (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from the southeastern Arabian Peninsula

Fish Populations in East African Saline Lakes

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