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The phylogenetic position of an undescribed paedomorphic clupeiform taxon: mitogenomic evidence

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Molecular characters may offer a useful alternative to confidently estimate the phylogenetic position of paedomorphic taxa otherwise difficult to place based on morphology because of the reduction or absence of characters in their larvae-like adult stage. Here, we sequenced the complete mitogenome of a remarkable undescribed marine paedomorphic clupeiform fish to gain insight into its phylogenetic position. Of a length of 17,507 bp, this mitogenome exhibits a unique gene order within the Teleostei because of the inversion of the contiguous tRNAGln and tRNAIle within the IQM region and the presence of a putative second control region inserted between these tRNAs. Mitogenomic data from 27 clupeiform species and 22 non-clupeiform species were subjected to partitioned maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. All resultant phylogenetic trees strongly supported the placement of this undescribed taxon within the order Clupeiformes, suborder Clupeoidei, and the family Clupeidae, as the sister group of the tribe Spratelloidini (Jenkinsia + Spratelloides) of the subfamily Dussumieriinae. Together, they form a monophyletic group with Chirocentrus and, possibly, Etrumeus. Despite its overall resemblance to Sundasalanx, this undescribed taxa (Clupeidae gen. et sp. indet.) is not closely related to that genus and represents an independent paedomorphic lineage within the Clupeoidei.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by research grants nos. 16570082, 15380131, 17207007 and 19207007 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. SL was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship “Lavoisier-Japon” of the French Foreign Ministry. We specially thank Mr. Jonathaniel Apurado for his help in collection of the specimens. We also thank Drs. Takashi P. Satoh, Ryouka Kawahara, Takeshi Kon, Kohji Mabuchi and Yusuke Yamanoue for their assistance in the laboratory work and fruitful discussion. Neil Aschliman kindly commented an early version of this manuscript. We finally thank Misako Seimiya for her greatly appreciated help in the administrative part of this work. Any experiments in this study complied with the current laws of Japan in which they were performed.

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  1. Department of Marine Bioscience, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-8639, Japan

    Sébastien Lavoué & Mutsumi Nishida

  2. Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682, Japan

    Masaki Miya

  3. Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan

    Akira Kawaguchi & Tetsuo Yoshino

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Lavoué, S., Miya, M., Kawaguchi, A. et al. The phylogenetic position of an undescribed paedomorphic clupeiform taxon: mitogenomic evidence. Ichthyol Res 55, 328–334 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0044-3

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