Research Article

Characterisation of Asian Snakehead Murrel Channa striata (Channidae) in Malaysia: An Insight into Molecular Data and Morphological Approach

Table 4

Comparison of divergence distance (K2P percent) calculated using K2P model.

Comparison of K2P distances within groupsNumber of groups included in comparisonMinimum K2P percentage (%)Maximum K2P percentage (%)Mean K2P percentage (%)

Within species24 species0.00%0.90%0.16%
Within genera (among species)4 genera*1.70%10.10%6.03%
Within family (among genera)2 families4.50%15.70%10.10%

Channa, Hemibagrus, Puntioplites, Rasbora.
Cyprinidae, Pangasiidae.