@article {9302, title = {Discovery of a Digenean (Cryptogonimidae) Living in a Cleft-Lipped Goby, Sicyopterus cynocephalus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Ranongga Island, Solomon Islands: Analysis of Multiple Ribosomal DNA Regions}, journal = {Pathogens}, volume = {12}, year = {2023}, month = {Jan-07-2023}, pages = {923}, doi = {10.3390/pathogens12070923}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/7/923}, author = {Mathews, Patrick D. and Nicolas Rabet and L. Espinoza, Luis and Vincent Ha{\"y} and Bonillo, C{\'e}line and Philippe Keith and Clara Lord and Audebert, Fabienne} } @article {8128, title = {Phylogenetic analysis and characterization of a new parasitic cnidarian (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) parasitizing skin of the giant mottled eel from the Solomon Islands}, journal = {Infection, Genetics and Evolution}, volume = {94}, year = {2021}, month = {Jan-10-2021}, pages = {104986}, issn = {15671348}, doi = {10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104986}, url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1567134821002835}, author = {Mathews, Patrick D. and Bonillo, C{\'e}line and Rabet, Nicolas and Clara Lord and Causse, Romain and Philippe Keith and Audebert, Fabienne} } @article {6044, title = {Does your lip stick? Evolutionary aspects of the mouth morphology of the Indo-Pacific clinging goby of the Sicyopterus genus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) based on mitogenome phylogeny.}, journal = {Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Sicydiinae gobies have an amphidromous life cycle. Adults grow, feed, and reproduce in rivers, while larvae have a marine dispersal phase. Larvae recruit back to rivers and settle in upstream habitats. Within the Sicydiinae subfamily, the\ Sicyopterus genus, one of the most diverse (24 species), is distributed in the tropical islands of the Indo-Pacific. One of the characters used to determine Sicyopterus species is the upper lip morphology, which can be either smooth, crenulated, or with papillae, and with (2 or 3) or without clefts. The mouth is used as a secondary locomotor organ along with the pelvic sucker. It is thus strongly related to the climbing ability of species and is of major importance for the upstream migration and the colonization of insular freshwater systems. The mouth also has an important role in the feeding mechanism of these herbivorous species. In this paper, we have established a molecular phylogeny of the genus based on the 13 mitochondrial protein-coding genes to discuss the relationship between 18 Sicyopterus species. There is a well-supported dichotomy in the molecular phylogeny of the Sicyopterus genus and this separation into two clades is also morphologically visible, with the distinction of species with three clefts and species with 0 or 2 clefts on the upper lip. The mouth morphology can thus be separated with regard to the molecular phylogeny obtained. The evolution of the mouth morphology is discussed in terms of the adaptation of the Sicyopterus genus to settlement and life in tropical insular river systems.

}, keywords = {mitogenome, mouth morphology, Phylogeny, Sicydiinae, Sicyopterus}, doi = {DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12291}, author = {Clara Lord and Laure Bellec and Dettai, Agn{\`e}s and Bonillo, C{\'e}line and Philippe Keith} } @article {5925, title = {Phylogeography of Eleotris fusca (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) in the Indo-Pacific area reveals a cryptic species in the Indian Ocean.}, journal = {Conservation genetics}, volume = {19}, year = {2018}, pages = {1025-1038}, abstract = {

\ Indo-Pacific insular freshwater systems are mainly dominated by amphidromous species. Eleotris fusca\  is a widespread one, its life cycle is characterised by a marine pelagic larval phase allowing the species to disperse in the ocean and then to recruit to remote island rivers. In the present study, the population structure of E. fusca\  over its Indo-Pacific distribution range (Western Indian Ocean to French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean) was evaluated. We analysed a section of mitochondrial COI\  of 557 individuals sampled from 28 islands to visualise the population structure. Haplotypes diversity (Hd) was between 0.458 and 1 and, nucleotide diversity (π) was between 0.001 and 0.02. Two distinct genetic groups appeared, one in the Indian Ocean and the other in the Pacific Ocean (FST\  mean = 0.901; 5.2\% average divergence). Given these results, complete mitogenomes (mtDNA) were sequenced and combined with the nuclear Rhodopsin (Rh) gene for a subset of individuals. The two phylogenetic trees based on each analysis showed the same genetic pattern: two different groups belonging to the Indian and the Pacific oceans (6.6 and 1.6\% of divergence for mtDNA and Rh gene respectively), which supported species level differentiation. These analyses revealed the presence of two sister species confounded until present under the name of Eleotris fusca. One of them is cryptic and endemic of the Indian Ocean and the other one is the true E. fusca, which keeps, nevertheless, its status of widespread species.

}, keywords = {Amphidromous, Complete mitogenome, freshwater fish, Nuclear gene}, author = {Marion Mennesson and Bonillo, C{\'e}line and Eric Feunteun and Philippe Keith} }