dc.contributor.author |
DAHANUKAR, NEELESH |
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dc.contributor.author |
Philip, S. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Krishnakumar, K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ali, A. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Raghavan, R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-10-19T08:59:38Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-10-19T08:59:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013-08 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Zootaxa, 3700(1)113-139. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1175-5326 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1175-5334 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5181 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3700.1.4 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Lepidopygopsis, known as the peninsular-Indian hill trout, is a monotypic genus endemic to the Periyar stream-reservoir system, in the Western Ghats. Due to the morphological similarity of its only species, L. typus, with the Himalayan schizothoracine fishes, it was considered to be a relict species and a classic example of disjunct distribution. Using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence datasets, we show that L. typus is not allied to the schizothoracine fishes. Phylogenetic hypothesis-testing unequivocally supports a scenario in which L. typus and a clade comprising various genera of Asian and African barbins such as Tor, Gonoproktopterus, Kosswigobarbus and Varicorhinus are sister groups. Based on our results, we suggest that the sheath of tile-like scales covering the anal-fin base of schizothoracine fishes and Lepidopygopsis typus could be a symplesiomorphy or a homoplasy. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Magnolia Press |
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dc.subject |
Biogeography |
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dc.subject |
Convergence |
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dc.subject |
Disjunct Distribution |
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dc.subject |
Schizothoracinae |
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dc.subject |
Western Ghats |
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dc.subject |
2013 |
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dc.title |
The phylogenetic position of Lepidopygopsis typus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a monotypic freshwater fish endemic to the Western Ghats of India |
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dc.type |
Article |
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dc.contributor.department |
Dept. of Biology |
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dc.identifier.sourcetitle |
Zootaxa |
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dc.publication.originofpublisher |
Foreign |
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