Short communication, Note

Additional information on the blue runner, Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815), from the northern Adriatic Sea:meristic and molecular characterizations

Vedrana Nerlović orcid.org/0000-0001-9799-2066 ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Centre for Marine Research, Rovinj, Croatia
Brankica Mravinac ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Molecular Biology, Zagreb, Croatia
Massimo Devescovi ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Centre for Marine Research, Rovinj, Croatia

Abstract

In October 2014, a blue runner (Caranx crysos) was caught by a professional fisherman in waters off St. Eufemija Point (west Istrian Coast, northern Adriatic Sea, Croatia). This is the second
recorded blue runner in the northern Adriatic Sea, which represents the northernmost biogeographic sector of the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, blue runners were recorded in the southern and central
Adriatic Sea, suggesting that the central Mediterranean C. crysos is expanding its area of distribution throughout the Adriatic Sea. As a point of interest, this most recent specimen presented an unusual meristic feature: the number of spines of its first dorsal fin was VI, whereas it is generally recognised that the number of such spines characteristic for this species is VIII. Species identity of the specimen was confirmed by DNA sequence analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. In addition, we provided the first report of C. crysos mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) partial sequence.

Keywords

Caranx crysos; meristic analysis; climate change; northern Adriatic Sea; cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI); 16S ribosomal RNA gene (16S rDNA)

Hrčak ID:

152263

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152263

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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