<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Chelon caeruleum</italic> sp. nov. is described as a new species of <italic>Chelon</italic> encountered in the Rashid coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. With this finding, the new species is the sixth member of the genus <italic>Chelon. Chelon caeruleum</italic> sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: colouration of body is dark bluish grey dorsally and the sides are blue; head length 20.5 to 21.6% SL; head width 13 to 13.5% SL; pre-first dorsal fin length 50% SL; eye diameter 4.6 to 5.2% SL; postorbital length 10.7 to 11.1% SL; unbranched pyloric caeca are 2 short and 4 long; a pair of long (one longer than the other), spine-like neural postzygapophyse on the second vertebra. DNA of <italic>Chelon caeruleum</italic> sp. nov. and five mullet species (<italic>Mugil cephalus, Liza carinata, Liza ramada</italic>, <italic>Liza aurata,</italic> and <italic>Chelon labrosus</italic>) was extracted then amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequence analysis confirmed that <italic>Chelon caeruleum</italic> sp. nov. is distinct from other congeners of <italic>Chelon</italic> and it is a different species of <italic>Chelon</italic> which is new to science.</p></abstract>

Chelon caeruleum sp. nov. is described as a new species of Chelon encountered in the Rashid coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. With this finding, the new species is the sixth member of the genus Chelon. Chelon caeruleum sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: colouration of body is dark bluish grey dorsally and the sides are blue; head length 20.5 to 21.6% SL; head width 13 to 13.5% SL; pre-first dorsal fin length 50% SL; eye diameter 4.6 to 5.2% SL; postorbital length 10.7 to 11.1% SL; unbranched pyloric caeca are 2 short and 4 long; a pair of long (one longer than the other), spine-like neural postzygapophyse on the second vertebra. DNA of Chelon caeruleum sp. nov. and five mullet species (Mugil cephalus, Liza carinata, Liza ramada, Liza aurata, and Chelon labrosus) was extracted then amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequence analysis confirmed that Chelon caeruleum sp. nov. is distinct from other congeners of Chelon and it is a different species of Chelon which is new to science.

A New Species of Mullet <italic>Chelon caeruleum (</italic>Family: Mugilidae) with Description of its Genetic Relationship to Some Mugilids

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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A New Species of Mullet Family: Mugilidae) with Description of its Genetic Relationship to Some Mugilids

Chelon caeruleum sp. nov. is described as a new species of Chelon encountered in the Rashid coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. With this finding,...

A New Species of Mullet Chelon caeruleum (Family: Mugilidae) with Description of its Genetic Relationship to Some Mugilids

Published Online: Oct 16, 2018

Page range: 107 - 114

Received: Apr 29, 2018

Accepted: Jun 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0014

Keywords
Mullet, PCR, Phylogeny, Sequencing, Taxonomy

© 2018 Lamiaa Elsayed Mokhtar Deef, published by Sciendo

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A New Species of Mullet Chelon caeruleum (Family: Mugilidae) with Description of its Genetic Relationship to Some Mugilids

Published Online: Oct 16, 2018

Page range: 107 - 114

Received: Apr 29, 2018

Accepted: Jun 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2018-0014

KeywordsMullet, PCR, Phylogeny, Sequencing, Taxonomy

© 2018 Lamiaa Elsayed Mokhtar Deef, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Mullet, PCR, Phylogeny, Sequencing, Taxonomy