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Benchmarking the Taxonomic Resolution of Fish eDNA Metabarcodes Against COI Barcodes. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT Even though environmental DNA metabarcoding is revolutionizing biomonitoring, many critical steps remain unstandardized, leading to arbitrary choices, particularly regarding the selection of metabarcode, clustering method and similarity threshold, among others.
Ruiz E, Lamy T, Mouillot D, Durand JD.
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The simple morphology of the sunfish heart. [PDF]
J AnatJensen and Lauridsen describe the least curved vertebrate heart to date in seven specimens of Ocean sunfish. By comparison to multiple vertebrates, it is concluded that the highly unusual heart is a recent evolution that relates in part to the extraordinary shape of the body.
Jensen B, Lauridsen H.
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First record of Torquigener flavimaculosus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Réunion island [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2021 The first record of the yellow-spotted puffer, Torquigener flavimaculosus Hardy et Randall, 1983, on Reunion Island is confirmed by numerous video observations and by the capture of a specimen.
Jean Gadenne +5 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2019 Descriptive studies of the fish digestive system are fundamental because they provide information on the biology of the species. Thus, the objective of this study was to morphologically describe the digestive system of the pufferfish, Chilomycterus ...
Thiago Scremin Boscolo Pereira +3 more
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008 Cytogenetic analyses carried out in eight specimens of Sphoeroides spengleri revealed the presence of 2n = 46 chromosomes (20 M/SM and 26 ST/A). Besides the standard karyotypical set, the presence of B microchromosomes was observed in two individuals ...
Anderson Luis Alves +3 more
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Occurrence and distribution of tetraodontiform fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India [PDF]
Check List, 2018 Some fish groups are common on coral reefs, but we still lack fundamental information about how fish assemblages vary across seascapes. The order Tetraodontiformes, which includes pufferfish, triggerfish, shingles, porcupinefish,  ...
Vardhan Patankar +4 more
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Tetraodontiform fishes of Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2006 -
Arturo Acero P., Andrea Polanco F.
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Illustrated list of additions to the ichthyofauna of the Caura River, Venezuela [PDF]
Check List, 2012 Twenty nine species have been added to the annotated checklists of the ichthyofauna of the Caura River Basin, Guiana Shield, Venezuela. Of these, 18 were found in two floodplain lagoons in the lower Caura, corresponding to the orders Characiformes ...
Nirson González +3 more
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Investigations into the perplexing interrelationship of the Genus Takifugu Abe, 1949 (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) [PDF]
, 2008 The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Takifugu Abe, 1949 (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) remain unresolved. Because of the use of Takifugu as model organisms, the resolution of these relationships is crucial for the interpretation of ...
He ShunPing +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The complete mitochondrial genome of the box-like thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini) was first determined in this study. It was a circular molecule of ∼1.6 kb, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and an AT-
Yue Yu +5 more
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