Dataset: Meristic and morphometric data for reef fish specimens collected in the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Ocean

Preliminary and in progressVersion 1 (2020-11-05)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Brian Bowen (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

Contact: Mykle Hoban (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Indo-Pac Research Coordination Network (Indo-Pac RCN)

Project: Origins of Hawaiian Reef Fishes (Hawaiian Fish Origins)


Abstract

This dataset contains meristic and morphometric data for specimens collected in the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Ocean and analyzed in Hoban & Williams 2020.

Hoban & Williams (2020) is a phylogeographic survey and taxonomic species description. Specimens were collected throughout the Central Pacific using rotenone and hand nets and/or pole spears. Fin clips were taken for genetic analysis and whole specimens were retained for taxonomic analysis. Specimens were sequenced at the mitochondrial COI marker for phylogeographic and phylogenetic analyses. Taxonomic analysis was by morphometric and meristic characters per Williams (1986).

Instruments: Specimens were collected on SCUBA using pole spears and/or hand nets and rotenone. Counts and measurements were taken using a dissecting microscope and dial calipers to the nearest 0.1mm.


Related Datasets

IsSupplementTo

Dataset: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/popset/?term=MN649936
Hoban,M.L. and Williams, J.T. (2019). Cirripectes cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial. PopSet: 1791081300. GenBank Accessions: MN649903-MN649936,MN649877-MN649902,MN649937-MN650012. The National Center for Biotechnology Information PopSet: 1791081300. Available from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/popset/?term=MN649936

Related Publications

Results

Hoban, M. L., & Williams, J. T. (2020). Cirripectes matatakaro, a new species of combtooth blenny from the Central Pacific, illuminates the origins of the Hawaiian fish fauna. PeerJ, 8, e8852. doi:10.7717/peerj.8852