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Vol. 63, 2024
(update: 2024.7.24)
Checklist and DNA Barcoding of
the Scorpaenidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) in Taiwan
Tak-Kei
Chou1 ,
Wen-Chien Huang1,
Wei-Cheng Jhuang2,3,
and Te-Yu Liao1,*
doi:-
1DepDepartment
of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
E-mail: saifish5678@hotmail.com (Chou); t6733@hotmail.com (Huang)
2Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology,
National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. E-mail:
fish1011237248@gmail.com (Jhuang)
3Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
*Correspondence: swp0117@gmail.com (Liao)
(Received 19 January 2024 /
Accepted 26 June 2024 / Published -- 2024)
Communicated by Chien-Hsiang Lin
Species
of the family Scorpaenidae are easily misidentified because of their
similar appearances resulting from blending into the surroundings. In
recent years, many species from this family have been described, and
generic placements of some species have been revised. Previously, there
were 80 species belonging to 29 genera of the Scorpaenidae recorded in
Taiwanese waters. However, their taxonomy has not been revised for
decades. It is necessary to update the checklist of the Scorpaenidae
occurring in Taiwanese waters based on the morphological and molecular
data. In the present study, we revised the Taiwanese scorpaenids based
on 296 specimens and updated the checklist, amounting to a total of 85
species of 29 genera, of which Sebastapistes
mauritiana (Cuvier) is a new record, and three species of the
genera Phenacoscorpius, Scorpaenopsis, and Sebastapistes respectively are
unable to be identified to any species. Using molecular analysis, we
conducted the first comprehensive DNA barcoding study of the
Scorpaenidae from Taiwanese waters based on a partial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene of 655 bps. A total of
118 COI sequences were
generated from voucher specimens of 66 species (28 genera) identified
based on morphological characters. The COI sequences of Parascorpaena maculipinnis, Scorpaena pepo, Scorpaenopsis orientalis are new to
online databases. According to the Kimura-2 Parameter (K2P) genetic
distance, the mean interspecific variation (15.61%) was distinctly
greater than the mean intraspecific variation (0.22%), suggesting a
barcoding gap. The maximum likelihood tree showed that all lineages
were supported by high bootstrap values.
Key words: Diversity,
Ichthyofauna, Mitochondrion, Stonefish, Taxonomy
Citation: Chou TK, Huang WC, Jhuang WC,
Liao TY. 2024. Checklist and DNA barcoding of the Scorpaenidae
(Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) in Taiwan. Zool Stud 63:37.
Supplementary materials: Fig. S1丨Table S1丨Table S2
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