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Three specimens of yellow-dabbled flounder, Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae (Günther, 1862), were collected in the Iranian coastal waters of the Persian Gulf (Hormuz Island) with the trawl net in winter 2025. The COI gene sequence, in addition to morphometric and meristic characters, was used to confirm identification. The mean genetic distance between the identified COI haplotype (PV719947) and previous records of COI Haplotypes of L. novaezeelandiae in GenBank was 0.03 (p- distance) while the genetic distance among five Citharid species was 0.18-0.25. The phylogenetic tree revealed that the identified haplotype is placed in a monophyletic clade beside other haplotypes of L. novaezeelandiae in GenBank. This study provided the first COI molecular sequence and record of L. novaezeelandiae, from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, and the result could lead to a better understanding of the fish fauna in this area.

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Citharidae Fish Taxonomy Persian Gulf COI

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ALAVI-YEGANEH, M. S., SHARIATI, M. R., & KISHIPOURIK, S. (2025). Confirmed record of Yellow-dabbled flounder; <i>Laiopteryx novaezeelandiae</i> (Günther, 1862), from the Northern coast of the Persian Gulf . Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 12(3), 217–222. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v12i3.1081
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