Article
Parallel body shape divergence in the Neotropical fish genus Rhoadsia (Teleostei: Characidae) along elevational gradients of the western slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Malato Grace, Shervette Virginia R, Navarrete Amaya Ronald, Valdiviezo Rivera Jonathan, Nugra Salazar Fredy, Calle Delgado Paola, Karpan Kirby C, Aguirre Windsor E
Abstract excerpt
Neotropical mountain streams are important contributors of biological diversity. Two species of the characid genus Rhoadsia differing for an ecologically important morphological trait, body depth, have been described from mountain streams of the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador. Rhoadsia altipinna is a deeper-bodied species reported from low elevations in southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru, and Rhoadsia...
Topics
- Altitude
- Animals
- Body Size
- Characidae
- Ecuador
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Gene Flow
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Variation