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Systematics or Phylogenetics

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First described in 1919 by German zoologist Richard Sternfeld. In a cladistic analysis of mtDNA by Fitch et al (2006), samples of V. a. brachyurus failed to form a monophyletic clade in respect to other forms of V. acanthurus. Not recognised as a distinct subspecies in Wilson & Swan (2010).
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