Morphometric and meristic variation in ricefishes, genusOryzias: a comparison with cytogenetic data
Morphometric and meristic variation in ricefishes, genusOryzias: a comparison with cytogenetic data
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稻鱼属的形态和分枝变异:与细胞遗传学数据的比较
DOI:
10.1007/bf02905401
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发表时间:
1988
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通讯作者:
L. Parenti
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作者:
H. Uwa;L. Parenti
Morphometric and meristic data from type and other material of ricefishes of the genus Oryzias, particularly on O. latipes and O. curvinotus, were retaken to compare relationships of ricefishes indicated by morphological data with the relationships indicated by the cytogenetic analyses (Uwa, 1986). Along with morphometric and meristic characters traditionally used, two morphometric characters are useful for the classification of this genus: the relative length of the abdominal part and the relative position of the dorsal-fin origin. External anatomical data mostly agree with a classification of ricefishes based on karyology; although, like the cytogenetic data, they are not sufficient to distinguish all species, or to define monophyletic groups. Oryzias latipes is widespread in eastern Asia. Oryzias curvinotus, a name applied to ricefish from Hainan Island, is distributed more widely in southern China, including Hainan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Hanoi.Ricefishes of the genus Oryzias Jordan and Snyder are small atherinomorph fishes found widespread in continental and insular Asia. They are common in freshwater ponds, ditches, and paddy fields, and may inhabit brackish water. Seven (Rosen, 1964) or ten (Yamamoto, 1975) species have been recognized so far. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the comparative osteology (Iwamatsu and Hirata, 1980), karyology (Uwa and Iwata, 1981; Uwa and Ojima, 1981; Uwa et al., 1981), isozyme variation (Sakaizumi et al., 1980, 1983), and phylogenetic position (Rosen and Parenti, 1981) of ricefishes. The eight species on which karyotype data are available can be divided into three chromosomal groups: the monoarmed chromosome group, O. melastigma (McClelland) and O. javanicus (Bleeker), with 2n= 48 acrocentric or subtelocentric chromosomes; the biarmed chromosome group, O. latipes (Temminck and Schlegel), O. curvinotus (Nichols and Pope), O. luzonensis (Herre and