Korean Journal of Ichthyology (한국어류학회지)

The Ichthyological Society of Korea (한국어류학회)
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Molecular and Morphological Identification of Ophichthid Leptocephali from the South Sea of Korea

남해에서 채집된 바다뱀과 엽상자어(Leptocephali)의 형태 및 분자 동정

  • Ji, Hwan-Sung (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Koo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
  • 지환성 (부경대학교 자원생물학과) ;
  • 김진구 (부경대학교 자원생물학과)
  • Received : 2010.11.16
  • Accepted : 2010.12.17
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

Four leptocephali (TL 109.8~129.7 mm) of the family Ophichthidae, collected from Sangju in the South Sea of Korea, were identified using morphological and molecular methods. Our four leptocephali were similar to Ophichthus sp. based on morphological characters: the melanophores present in series of eight gut swellings; total myomeres 144~151; body depth in total length less than 10%; eight or nine black horizontal bands present from anus to caudal fin base. On the other hand, our four leptocephali were identified to Pisodonophis sp. based on 826 base pairs of 12S rRNA gene nucleotide sequences. Our results showed that morphology-based identification did not agree with molecular identification, indicating difficulty in differentiating morphologically between Ophichthus and Pisodonophis leptocephali. We, herein, firstly describe morphological characteristics of Pisodonophis sp. leptocephali from Korea.

2010년 9월 남해 상주 앞바다에서 정치망으로 바다뱀과 엽상자어 4개체(TL 109.8~129.7mm)를 채집하였다. 형태적으로 엽상자어는 8개의 소낭이 항문 앞까지 존재하고, 전체 근절수가 141~151개, 전장에 대한 체고가 10% 이하인 점, 흑색소포가 항문 뒤부터 꼬리지느러미 앞까지 8~9개 분포하는 특징에 따라 까치물뱀속(Ophichthus sp.) 어류와 유사한 것으로 확인되었다. 형태적 결과와는 달리 미토콘드리아 DNA 12S rRNA 826 bp의 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 엽상자어는 돛물뱀속(Pisodonophis sp.) 성어와 100% 일치하였고, 돌기바다뱀(Pisodonophis cancrivorus) 성어와는 98.1% 일치하였다. 본 연구결과에서는 형태 동정결과가 분자 동정결과와 일치하지 않는 결과를 보였고, 이는 까치물뱀속과 돛물뱀속 엽상자어기의 형태적 구분이 매우 어렵다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 처음으로 한국에서 채집된 돛물뱀속 엽상자어의 형태적 특징을 상세히 기술하였다.

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