Population Genetics of the Teleost Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus Atlanticus, and Insights into their Visual Adaptations to the Deep-Sea Environment

• Main Author: Varela Nayar, Andrea Isabel (11691298)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Molecular markers; Genetic structure; Critical amino acid replacements; School: School of Biological Sciences; 069999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 270203 Population and Ecological Genetics; Degree Discipline: Conservation Biology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; New Zealand; Marsden; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17003845.v1

The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, has been one of the main targeted species in deep-sea fisheries worldwide. It occurs at depths of 450 – 1800 m and is abundant off the coasts of New Zealand, Australia, Namibia, Chile, and in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Like many other deep-sea fishes, o...