| phylogenetic relationships and intraspecific variations of loaches of the genus lefua (balitoridae, cypriniformes). | three nominal species are known in east asian balitorid loaches of the genus lefua, i.e. l. echigonia, l. nikkonis, and l. costata. lefua echigonia, with large morphological variations was recently separated into two groups, l. echigonia including the holotype and l. sp., based on morphological and ecological traits. we performed protein and dna analyses to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among loaches of the genus lefua and to settle the taxonomic status of l. sp. we also investigated intr ... | 2003 | 12719653 |
| proteocephalid tapeworms (cestoda: onchoproteocephalidea) of loaches (cobitoidea): evidence for monophyly and high endemism of parasites in the far east. | the parasite fauna of loaches (cypriniformes: cobitoidea), a group of small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes with a mostly eurasian distribution, remains a largely unknown quantity. here we revise the taxonomy of tapeworms of the genus proteocephalus weinland, 1858 (cestoda: proteocephalidae) that had been found in loaches from the palaearctic region (central europe, japan and russia [primorsky region]). molecular phylogenetic analysis based on two nuclear (ssr- and lsrdna) and two mitochondria ... | 2017 | 27702602 |
| parallel evolution in eight-barbel loaches of the genus lefua (balitoridae, cypriniformes) revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear dna phylogenies. | the evolutionary history of eight-barbel loaches of the genus lefua contains important phylogenetic information that will aid in resolution of the faunal formations and evolutionary histories of japanese and east asian freshwater fishes. our sequencing of the mitochondrial d-loop region in a large number of samples allowed construction of the most comprehensive phylogeny of these loaches to date; we demonstrated monophyly of five lefua species and identified populations of lufua. sp. and lefua e ... | 2011 | 21609774 |