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Phylogeography of Heteropriacanthus, a circumtropical reef fish with very little morphological variation.
Scientific reports - 11 Apr 2026
Lessios H A, Calderón A, Calderon L, Geyer L B
Abstract excerpt
Only six species of fishes found on reefs are known to have a circumtropical distribution. Until recently Heteropriacanthus cruentatus was one of the six, recognized as a single species in a monotypic genus present in all tropical and subtropical seas. Based on sequences of cytochrome oxidase I and on morphology, a previous study split the genus into three species, H. carolinus in the Indo-Pacific, H. cruentatus...
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