Molecular systematics and taxonomic status of three latitudinally widespread nototheniid (perciformes: notothenioidei) fishes from the southern ocean

Abstract

The taxonomic status of the three nototheniids, Lepidonotothen squamifrons, L. larseni and Gobionotothen marionensis from different localities in the Southern Ocean is re-evaluated at the DNA level. DNA sequence divergences and phylogenetic relationship w