Table 1 |
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List of currently described Luciogobius species and additional taxa sampled in this study. |
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Genus Species |
Habitat |
Vertebra number |
Organs lost |
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Luciogobius |
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elongatus |
interstitial, intertidal gravel beach |
38–44 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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adapel |
interstitial, gravel bed (20–40 m b.s.l.) |
50 |
scale; first and second dorsal, anal, pelvic |
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grandis |
interstitial, intertidal gravel beach |
40–42 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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platycephalus |
interstitial, intertidal gravel beach |
41–42 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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parvulus |
interstitial, intertidal gravel beach |
41–43 |
scale; first dorsal and pelvic fins |
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guttatus |
under stone in estuary or protected rocky shore |
35–39 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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pallidus |
mudshrimp burrow, underground water |
37 |
scale; eye; first dorsal fin; chromatophore |
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Albus† |
anchialine cave, underground water |
30–31 |
scale; eye; first dorsal fin; chromatophore |
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dormitoris† |
estuary (habitat little known) |
36 |
scale; eye; first dorsal fin; chromatophore |
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brevipterus† |
habitat information unavailable |
35 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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martellii† |
habitat information unavailable |
33 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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sp. |
interstitial, intertidal gravel beach |
45–46 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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Inu |
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koma |
intertidal rocky shore |
31–32 |
scale reduced; first dorsal fin |
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saikaiensis |
intertidal rocky shore |
32–33 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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Gen. |
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sp. 1 |
intertidal rocky shore, underground water |
34–35 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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sp. 2 |
intertidal rocky shore |
37 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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Clariger |
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cosmurus |
subtidal rocky shore |
33 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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Exilis |
subtidal rocky shore |
33 |
scale; first dorsal fin |
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Astrabe |
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flavimaculata |
subtidal rocky shore |
30 |
first dorsal fin reduced |
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Chaenogobius |
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gulosus |
subtidal rocky shore |
33 |
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Gymnogobius |
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isaza |
freshwater lake |
33 |
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urotaenia |
freshwater lake, river |
32 |
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Typhlogobius |
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californiensis |
intertidal rocky shore, mudshrimp burrow |
30–32 |
eye, chromatophore |
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Eutaeniichthys |
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gilli |
estuary |
39 |
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Leucopsarion |
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petersi |
anadromous, migratory (pelagic in the sea) |
33 |
first dorsal fin |
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†Taxa not sampled in this study. |
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Yamada et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009 9:145 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-145 |
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