| Autor: |
Limmon GV; Pattimura University, Fisheries and Marine Science Faculty, Ambon, Indonesia.; Pattimura University, Maritime and Marine Science Center of Excellence, Ambon, Indonesia.; Center for Collaborative Research on Aquatic Ecosystem in Eastern Indonesia, Ambon, Indonesia., Wibowo K; National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Cibinong, Indonesia., Priyadi A; National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Research Center for Conservation of Marine and Inland Water Resources, Cibinong, Indonesia., Cahyani NKD; Diponegoro University, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Biology, Semarang, Indonesia., Kusumah RV; National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Research Center for Fishery, Cibinong, Indonesia., Novianti E; National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Research Center for Genetic Engineering, Cibinong, Indonesia. |
| Abstrakt: |
Rhinolepadichthys geminus, one of three recently described species in the genus Rhinolepadichthys (previously known as Lepadichthys lineatus complex), is characterized by several distinct diagnostic morphological and color features, including a pair of yellow stripes on the body ventral midline. However, one of three specimens recently collected from the Alor Islands, Indonesia, possessed a yellow circular line, instead of a pair of yellow stripes, indicating that the latter were not an invariable feature. Morphological and molecular evidence confirmed the identity of the specimen and intraspecific significance of the color variation. |
