In fishes, elopomorphs have a leptocephalous stage in the life cycle. Elopomorpha includes tenpounders (Elops), tarpons (Megalops), bonefishes (Albula), spine eels (Notacanthus), apodes and gulper eels. They are highly diversified in morphology and habitat utilization, Their monophyly is based on sharing of this larval stage. However, not all researches on these group accept the idea that this stage is of relationship. If this is true, the concept of elopomorpha must be re-evaluated. In attempt to elucidate their phylogenetic relationships, mtDNA 12S rRNA sequences were analyzed and data suggest that: (1)Elopomorpha is a monophyletic group. In other word, leptochphalous stage is a valid phylogenetic indictor, and it is not the result of convergency to environment; (2)Elops and Megalops share a common ancestor, and is a primitive group for Elopomorpha; (3)Megalops is the primitive lineage of Elopomorpha; (4)Albula and Notacanthus share a common ancestor, and they are the sister group of Anguilliformes; (5)Anguilliformes is a monophyletic group; (6)Muraenidae is a primitive group of Anguilliformes; (7)A high speciation rate might have taken place in Apodes within a short period of time; (8)Synaphobranchidae is a monophyletic group and it is the primitive group of Congroidei. (10) Synaphobranchid species have short interspecific genetic distance among species.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0627101-162119 |
| Date | 27 June 2001 |
| Creators | Wang, Chien-Hsun |
| Contributors | Hsueh-Wen Chang, Hin-Kiu Mok, Sin-Che Lee |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0627101-162119 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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