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Phylogeography, population connectivity and demographic history of the Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride (Teleostei: Labridae), in the Greater Caribbean

Coral Reefs volume 41, pages 753–765 (2022)Cite this article

Abstract

Few genetic studies that provide biological, ecological and evolutionary information have been conducted for parrotfishes, including Sparisoma viride, and none has covered the full geographic range of this species. Here, we examine the genetic patterns of the Stoplight parrotfish (S. viride) in the Greater Caribbean and its relationship with the recognized biogeographic provinces in the region. Phylogeographic, population and coalescent analyses were performed to examine the genetic structure and connectivity of S. viride populations throughout its entire range within the Greater Caribbean. Two mitochondrial (control region and coxI) and one nuclear (RHO) markers were used. The Stoplight parrotfish shows high haplotypic diversity (h) and low nucleotide diversity (π) in the control region, and low genetic diversity in coxI and RHO. No evidence of genetic structure was found, indicating a panmictic population throughout the Greater Caribbean with highly symmetrical migration rates among previously defined Caribbean biogeographic provinces. The demographic history estimates indicate events of bottlenecks followed by a population expansion dated at 80,000 years ago (kya) during the Pleistocene epoch. These results suggest that the contrasting environmental conditions that define the Greater Caribbean provinces are not barriers to gene flow for S. viride. The phylogeographic patterns of Stoplight parrotfish could be associated with the biological characteristics of the species (such as extensive pelagic larval duration and use of multiple habitats), historical demographic events and physical conditions of the Greater Caribbean, promoting the genetic homogeneity of the species in the region.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Sabina I Lara, Juan C. Montero, Rodolfo Pérez and Antonio González for valuable comments on earlier versions of this work. Isaí Betancourt and Ana Berenice García Andrade for his help in the data analysis. Thanks to Carla Gutiérrez-Rodríguez for donation of biological samples. FJLP would like to thank the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) for granting a master scholarship (435277). This work was partially supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT, Grant No. CB-240875) and Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (CIC-2013-2017). Collection permission (CONAPESCA-PPF/DGOPA-262/17) was granted by the Mexican government. The collection of specimens from Alacranes Reef and Cayo Arcas (Campeche Bank, Mexico) was possible through the project “BDMY - Biodiversidad Marina de Yucatan” funded by the Harte Research Institute of Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi and by the Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO-NE018). Thanks to Quetzalli Hernández, Diana Ugalde and Tonali Garcia for the organization of the expeditions where the specimens were collected.

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Loera-Padilla, F.J., Piñeros, V.J., Baldwin, C.C. et al. Phylogeography, population connectivity and demographic history of the Stoplight parrotfish, Sparisoma viride (Teleostei: Labridae), in the Greater Caribbean. Coral Reefs 41, 753–765 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02036-z

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Keywords

  • Biogeographical provinces
  • Environmental barriers
  • Genetic connectivity
  • Panmictic population
  • Reef fishes
  • Sudden demographic expansion