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Systematics of the genus Bagre (Siluriformes: Ariidae), a morphometric approach Arturo ACERO P. (1), José Julián TAVERA (2) & Javier REYES (3) (1) Universidad
Nacional de Colombia (Instituto de Ciencias Naturales), Apartado 1016,
Cerro de Punta Betín (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, COLOMBIA. Abstract.
- A preliminary morphometric study based on 17 landmarks was carried
out, using 104 specimens of six species of sea catfishes from both South
American coasts, the four accepted species of the genus Bagre and
two reference species (Ariopsis seemanni and Arius platypogon).
The landmarks were mainly located on the head and at the origin and end
of fins. The partial warps weighted matrix was used to perform the discriminant
analysis and the species pair-wise comparisons in order to establish if
there were differences between the species. Thereafter, a partial-warps
weighted matrix was generated with the average species consensus. Using
PHYLIP maximum likelihood routine (CONTML), an additive tree was obtained.
Shape changes were described over the tree using TPS tree (square change
parsimony). Bagre marinus (western Atlantic) seems to be the most
basal species of the genus. The species showing the larger shape changes
are B. pinnimaculatus (eastern Pacific) and B. bagre (western
Atlantic). Those two species are apparently more closely related to each
other than to the other two species of Bagre. |
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