Phylogeny of Limia (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) based on NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
A Hamilton

Abstract

Complete sequences for the mitochondrial gene NADH Dehydrogenase 2 (ND2) and partial sequences for the tRNA-Met and tRNA-Trp genes were obtained for 11 populations of the poeciliid fish genus (or subgenus) Limia, including species from Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman Islands. Additional sequences for Limia (2 species), Pamphorichthys (3), Poecilia (16), and Xiphophorus (1), all from the tribe Poeciliini, were extracted from GenBank, as was a sequence for Heterandria formosa, from the tribe Heterandriini. Phylogenetic analyses included parsimony, distance methods, and maximum-likelihood. Several Limia species groups that had been proposed based on morphological data were evaluated. The versicolor species group was strongly supported, as was the close relationship between the Cuban Limia vittata and the Grand Cayman Limia caymanensis. However, the proposed vittata species group was not upheld by the ND2 data. The phylogenetic position of Limia melanogaster, from Jamaica, was either sister to the versicolor species group or basal to all other included Limia species. Limia was found to be monophyletic; however, Limia species from the island of Hispaniola were not monophyletic. There was little support for any proposed s...Continue Reading

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