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Effects of habitat geology and pH value on body color and morphology of Rhinogobius rubromaculatus and species identification
Organization(s):Hsin Tien Senior High School
Country:Taiwan Partnership
Student(s):CHANG, WEI-CHIEH
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Neil Chen
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Land Cover Classification, Phenological Gardens, pH
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/07/2023
Rhinogobius rubromaculatus is a species of fish in the genus Rhinogobius rubromaculatus, a species endemic to Taiwan, distributed in the northern, central and southern streams west of the central mountain range. Due to the disconnection of the inhabited water systems, and the fact that they are terrestrial fish, there is no need to migrate to the sea, and there is no genetic exchange between different groups for a long time, so they have differentiated their own local phenotypes. In this experiment, the appearance and habits of the alligator population in Xindian area will be compared with the appearance characteristics and design experiments will be used to explore the characteristics of the appearance and habits of the alligator population in the Xindian area, and whether it is different from the population in its model locality, so as to confirm whether it belongs to the newly published species Yangmingshan crocodile tiger in taxonomy. The results of this study show that the alligator population in Xindian area is different from the population of its model origin in terms of size and appearance, and is more inclined to Yangmingshan Rhinogobius, so this study believes that the population in Xindian area should belong to Yangmingshan Rhinogobius.