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Diversification of Body Shape in Catfishes of the Ganga River

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This study utilizes photographs of 39 Gangetic catfishes to evaluate inter-specific phenotypic relationship through Geometric Morphometrics (GM). Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) revealed significant relationship (F = 4.50, p < 0.0001) between shape of all the species. Procrustes analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed significant relationship between shape and size (F = 17.67, p < 0.0001) and between shape (F = 34.95, p < 0.0001) of all species. Morphospace phenogram depicted that all the species under respective genus clustered together within that genus, indicating that species of respective genus share common phenotypic traits and have evolutionary relatedness, affirming the implication of geometric morphometrics in showcasing phenotypic relatedness among Gangetic catfishes. This study has high implications for understanding the ecological and evolutionary problems in relation to morphological diversity in catfishes.

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The data set supporting the results of this article can be found in the Dryad repository under permanent identifier [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k98sf7m5m].

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This work is supported by the local fishermen who generously helped in fish collection.

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  1. Department of Habitat Ecology, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India

    Arvind Kumar Dwivedi

  2. College of Fisheries Science, Gumla Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

    Hari Om Verma

  3. Turtle Survival Alliance-India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Saurabh Dewan

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Dwivedi, A.K., Verma, H.O. & Dewan, S. Diversification of Body Shape in Catfishes of the Ganga River. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 45, 497–502 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-022-01168-w

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