Hidden Diversity in Paedomorphosis : Analysis of Evolutionary Pattern of Coral Reef Fish Schindleria

在目前的项目中，我从夏威夷、帕劳、印度尼西亚、泰国和冲绳获得了1,500多个辛德勒属标本。分子系统发育分析发现5种帕劳标本，并揭示了4个新的隐种。这四个物种特有的帕劳，这表明在辛德勒特有的水平很高。基于线粒体DNA全序列构建的系统发育树支持Schindleria属的所有种均与Oxymetopon在Microdesmidae+ Pteamotridae中为姐妹群。

In the present project, I have obtained more than 1,500 Schindleria specimens from Hawaii, Palau, Indonesia, Thailand, and Okinawa. Molecular phylogenetic analysis detected five species in Palauan specimens and revealed four new cryptic species of the five ones. These four species were endemic to Palau, suggesting that the level of endemism is high in Schindleria. The resultant phylogenetic trees based on whole mitochondrial DNA sequences strongly supported that all Schindleria species are placed as sister group to Oxymetopon in Microdesmidae+Ptereleotridae.