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Redescription of the Hawaiian Ladyfish Elops hawaiensis from Korea  

Kwun, Hyuck-Joon (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
Kang, Chung-Bae (Korea Ocean and Fisheries Institute)
Kim, Jin-Koo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.23, no.1, 2011 , pp. 80-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
Redescription of the Hawaiian ladyfish Elops hawaiensis was carried out based on four specimens collected from Busan and Gwangyang between 2008 and 2010. This species has a gular plate between the symphysis and isthmus, and the entire premaxillary tooth band is exposed when the mouth is closed. Our Korean specimens of E. hawaiensis are characterized by having 65~67 vertebrae, 14 anal fin rays and 95~101 lateral line scales, which values differed slightly from those given in previous studies. Molecular analysis using 4S0 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences showed that our four specimens corresponded well with E. hawaiensis (99.8~100.0%). Therefore, our results suggest that there may exist regional differences in vertebrae and anal fin ray counts for E. hawaiensis.
Keywords
Redescription; Hawaiian ladyfishes; Elops hawaiensis; Korea;
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