University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 47 2021 08 23 Molecular Identification of Platax Orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) from the Persian Gulf شناسایی مولکولی خفاش‌‌ماهی گرد Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) از خلیج فارس 87 96 26063 10.22108/tbj.2021.130747.1179 EN Adnan Shahdadi Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran Mahdi Ghanbarifardi Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran Journal Article 2021 09 27 The Ephippidae, as a family with high economic and ecological values, consists of 8 genera and 15 species. The genus Platax has the most diversity with five species and is widespread in the Indo-Pacific region. P. orbicularis is reported to exist in the northern and southern waters of the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea. The present study reported a specimen of P. orbicularis from the coast of Persian Gulf and made the COI sequence of this specimen available. Thirty-one sequences of five congener species, which were available through the GenBank, were used to analyze the molecular progeny of the genus Platax. The results of the current research revealed that P. orbicularis and Plataxteira were in a sister group and P. boersii was classified next to them. Also, P. batavianus and P. pinnatus were identified as sister taxa. Molecular phylogeny was largely consistent with the comparative morphological results of the five species of the genus Platax.

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