The First Record of Adult Spotted Sea Bass (Lateolabrax maculatus, McClelland, 1844) from the Coastal Waters of Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam

Nguyen Van Giang 1 , Phan Thanh Nghi 2 and Nguyen Bich Hanh 3

1Research Institute for Marine Fisheries, Haiphong 182180, Vietnam
2Bai Tu Long National Park, Quang Ninh 205350, Vietnam
3Quang Ninh Department of Science and Technology, Quang Ninh 200000, Vietnam
Received: Oct 20, 2020 /
Revised: Aug 4, 2021 /
Published: Jun 18, 2021

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Abstract

Spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus, McClelland, 1844) is a species belonging to the genus Lateolabrax (Lateolabracidae), and is characterized by the many distinct black spots on the bodies of mature fish. For the first time, six specimens have been recorded in Quang Ninh province. The specimens were collected from Luon Cave in Bai Tu Long National Park in May-June 2019. The new specimens collected from Quang Ninh, Vietnam are different from the recorded specimens from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China in terms of lateral line scales (LLS) as the samples collected in Quang Ninh, Vietnam have 94-97 scales and the samples collected from the other countries have 66-82 scales. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence confirmed that all of the samples collected in Quang Ninh, Vietnam belonged to the species of spotted sea bass.

Keywords: Bai Tu Long, Lateolabracidae, morphology, national park, phylogenetic

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Giang, N., Nghi, P., & Hanh, N. (2021). The First Record of Adult Spotted Sea Bass (Lateolabrax maculatus, McClelland, 1844) from the Coastal Waters of Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 4(1), 946-954. https://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2021.4.1.05

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