Littoral Water in Hong Kong as a Potential Transient Habitat for Juveniles of a Temperate Deepwater Gnomefish, Scombrops boops (Acropomatiformes: Scombropidae)

Jiehong Wei; Jiarui Gu; Min Liu; Bai-an Lin; Gabriel Y. Lee; Tak-Cheung Wai; Paul K.S. Lam; Meng Yan; Priscilla T.Y. Leung

doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-33

Littoral Water in Hong Kong as a Potential Transient Habitat for Juveniles of a Temperate Deepwater Gnomefish, Scombrops boops (Acropomatiformes: Scombropidae)

Jiehong Wei
, Jiarui Gu
, Min Liu
, Bai-an Lin
, Gabriel Y. Lee
, Tak-Cheung Wai
, Paul K.S. Lam
, Meng Yan^*
, Priscilla T.Y. Leung^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A total of 40 juveniles belonging to a temperate deepwater gnomefish species, Scombrops boops, were sampled from littoral habitats (2–5 m depth) of eastern Hong Kong waters in April and May 2017 and March 2019. The presence of gnomefish juveniles in subtropical southern China is reported for the first time at a record low latitude of 22°11'–22°21'N. The specimens were identified based on the COI gene sequence. The genetic composition between Japan and Hong Kong gnomefish populations were compared by sequencing the mitochondrial Cytb gene, which showed no genetic differentiation. The juveniles ranged from 3.5–10.1 cm (n = 40) in total length, with 35 individuals caught from Sargassum beds and five from rocky reefs. Our findings highlighted that the littoral habitats in Hong Kong waters, in particular the seasonal Sargassum beds, are important for small juveniles of S. boops. © 2021 Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Original language	English
Article number	33
Journal	Zoological Studies
Volume	60
Online published	2 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2021.60-33
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Genetic homogeneity
Northwest Pacific
Nursery habitat
Sargassum beds
Subtropical

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Littoral Water in Hong Kong as a Potential Transient Habitat for Juveniles of a Temperate Deepwater Gnomefish, Scombrops boops (Acropomatiformes: Scombropidae)

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