Identification of Species in Genus Platycephalus from Seas of China

Abstract

Platycephalus in Chinese sea area has a high commercial value. However, there were mis-identifications in previous records. In this study, we fully distinguished and diagnosed all five species, Platycephalus indicus, P. cultellatus, Platycephalus sp., Platycephalus sp. 1 and Platycephalus sp. 2. The results revealed that P. cultellatus was overlooked by previous ichthyologists. Platycephalus sp. 1 was misidentified as P. indicus in reality, and Platycephalus sp. 2 only existed in the seas of Japan. Furthermore, morphological, especially phylogenetic analysis indicated that Platycephalus sp. from South China Sea differs from all former known species, which might be a new species. We identified all Platycephalus species in China seas for the first time, which will contribute to local species identification, biodiversity conservation and sustainable exploitation of Platycephalus species.

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): JOUC

Title: Journal of Ocean University of China

Publisher: Science Press and Springer (China )

ISSN (Electronic): 1672-5182

Publication date (Electronic): 24 January 2020

Publication date (Print): 01 April 2020

Volume: 19

Issue: 2

Pages: 417-427

Affiliations

¹College of Fisheries and Life Science, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Sanya 572022, China

²Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China

³Beihai Fisheries Technical Extension Station, Beihai 536000, China

⁴Beihai Southern Ocean Ecological Culture Limited Company, Beihai 536000, China

⁵National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China

⁶Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fishery Resource of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan 316021, China

Author notes

*Corresponding author: GAO Tianxiang, Tel: [phone], E-mail: gaotianxiang0611@ 123456163.com

Article

Publisher ID: s11802-020-4158-1

DOI: 10.1007/s11802-020-4158-1

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