DNA reconciles morphology and colouration in the drunk blenny genus Scartichthys (Teleostei: Blenniidae) and provides insights into their evolutionary history
E. Delrieu-Trottin, H. Hartmann Salvo, P. Saenz Agudelo, M. F. Landaeta, A. Perez-Matus
This paper revises the taxonomy of the Scartichthys genus by integrating morphological, coloration, and molecular data, finding that one species should be synonymized and one color pattern corresponds to a juvenile stage.
bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2021Zoology