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No genetic deviation between two morphotypes of the snipefishes (Macroramphosidae: Macroramphosus) in Japanese waters

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We examined morphological and molecular characteristics of individuals of Macroramphosus in Japanese waters (the East China Sea and the northwestern Pacific). Two morphotypes (M. scolopax-type and M. gracilis-type) that were differentiated based on 10 quantitative morphological characters were not supported by molecular analyses using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers, while a genetic deviation was observed between populations of Macroramphosus from the northwestern Pacific and the northeastern Atlantic. Macroramphosus scolopax-type and M. gracilis-type individuals are thought to be intraspecific morphotypes adapted to plankton and benthos feeding, respectively.

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We are grateful to Prof. K. Sasaki, Kochi University, and Mr. K. Shimizu and Mr. N. Yamawaki, Nagasaki University for providing the specimens. We thank the captains, officers, and crew members of T/V Nagasaki-maru of Nagasaki University and R/V Wakataka-maru of Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, for their support in specimen sampling. We also thank Prof. J. Pabalo and the anonymous reviewers for many helpful comments on our manuscript. All experiments comply with the current laws of Japan.

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  1. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8563, Japan

    Taisuke Noguchi, Hajime Itoh & Shigeaki Kojima

  2. National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Fisheries Research Agency, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 424-0902, Japan

    Kay Sakuma

  3. Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8564, Japan

    Tomo Kitahashi & Yasunori Kano

  4. National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0005, Japan

    Gento Shinohara

  5. Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

    Jun Hashimoto

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Noguchi, T., Sakuma, K., Kitahashi, T. et al. No genetic deviation between two morphotypes of the snipefishes (Macroramphosidae: Macroramphosus) in Japanese waters. Ichthyol Res 62, 368–373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0443-6

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