Data for: Species identification and population genetics of the Antarctic fish genera Lepidonotothen and Nototheniops (Perciformes, Notothenioidei) ...

• Main Authors: Schiavon, Luca, Negrisolo, Enrico, Battistotti, Alessandra, Lucassen, Magnus, Damerau, Malte, Harms, Lars, Riginella, Emilio, Matschiner, Michael, Zane, Lorenzo, La Mesa, Mario, Papetti, Chiara
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2022
• Subjects: FOS Biological sciences; Antarctic Peninsula; Bouvet Island; Lepidonotothen kempi; Lepidonotothen squamifrons; Microsatellites; ND2; Scotia Arc; Southern Ocean; species limits; tRNA; Antarctic; Bouvet; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.wpzgmsbqv; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.wpzgmsbqv

Accurate species identification is essential to assess biodiversity and species richness in ecosystems threatened by rapid and recent environmental changes, such as warming in most Antarctic waters. The Lepidonotothen species complex comprises demersal notothenioid fishes which inhabit the shelf are...