학술논문
Validating the occurrence of the giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) in the Galápagos Islands.
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Article
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*ANGUILLA anguilla
*EELS
*ISLANDS
*MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
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0022-1112
Abstract
The giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata) is distributed mostly in the Indo‐West Pacific. However, a few records indicate the presence of this eel in the Tropical Central and East Pacific. In April 2019, an eel specimen was caught in a small stream in San Cristobal Island, Galápagos. Morphological and molecular characters (16S and Cytb mtDNA sequences) confirmed the species as A. marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824. The re‐discovery of A. marmorata in Galápagos supports the hypothesis of an eastward range expansion from the west, probably through the North Equatorial Counter‐Current. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]