Occurrence and the ecological implication of a tropical anguillid eel Anguilla marmorata from peninsular Malaysia

By

Abdul Kadir, Siti Raudah
Abdul Rasid, Mohamad Hafiz Farhan
Kwong, Kok Onn
Wong, Li Lian
Arai, Takaomi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

695

Pages

103-110

Subjects

Anguillid eel , giant mottled eel , molecular , species identification , Tropical fish

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.695.13298

 

Abstract

Recent studies suggested that accurate species identification in the tropical anguillid eels based on morphological examination requires confirmation by molecular genetic analysis. Previous studies found that two tropical anguillid eels, Anguilla bicolor bicolor and A. bengalensis bengalensis, were found in peninsular Malaysia (West Malaysia) based on morphological and molecular genetic analyses. This study is the first record of A. marmorata in peninsular Malaysia confirmed by both morphological and molecular genetic analyses. The present study also suggests that accurate tropical eel species identification is difficult by morphological identification alone; therefore, molecular genetic analysis is needed for precise species confirmation.