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Gobies of the genus Rhinogobius (Gobiidae) of primorye and water bodies of Central Asia and Kazakhstan: II. Comparative craniological analysis of gobies introduced to Central Asia

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The craniological analysis of the gobies introduced from China to Central Asia and identified previously as Rhinogobius cheni based on the sample from the Akkurgan fish farm (basin of the Chirchik River) and the sample from the Saryyazyn water reservoir (basin of the Murgab River) is given. The morphological characteristics of the studied gobies are discussed in connection with the data on the skull structure of the other species of the suborder Gobioidei. It is shown that the level of divergence by the craniological indices between two naturalized populations of the Chinese goby is higher than that between the local populations of the studied species of the European gobies and their populations from the basins of different seas, that can be explained on the basis of the founder principle proceeding from the start states of divergence deviating from the parameters modal for the species.

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Original Russian Text © E.D. Vasil’eva, T.I. Kuga, 2008, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 34–41.

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Vasil’eva, E.D., Kuga, T.I. Gobies of the genus Rhinogobius (Gobiidae) of primorye and water bodies of Central Asia and Kazakhstan: II. Comparative craniological analysis of gobies introduced to Central Asia. J. Ichthyol. 48, 29–36 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945208010037

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