Cypriniformes

Saitoh K, Inoue N, Hasegawa M. 2022. Unauthorized stocking of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus to an irrigation pond detected and substantiated by biological and human lines of evidence. Fishes 7:150.

Saitoh K. 2021. Conservation issues partly solved on "Suigenzenitanago" (Rhodeus smithii complex) impaired by the taxonomic confusion. Ichthyol Res 68:322-324.

Asayama T, Fujimoto Y, Saitoh K. 2020. Spontaneous restoration of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus melanogaster after extermination of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in an irrigation pond. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 14:81-85.

Fujimoto Y, Takahashi K, Shindo K, Saitoh K, Shimada T. 2021. Recovery of the endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus after removal of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Jpn J Ichthyol 68:61-66.

Saitoh K. 2019. Reconciliation of taxonomy with laboratory fish research communities. Ichthyol Res 66:192-197.

Saitoh K. 2018. Clupeiformes and Ostariophysi: their evolutionary relationships, pp64-67. In: Jpn Soc Ichthyol (ed). The Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Maruzen, Tokyo.

Saitoh K, Suzuki N, Ozaki M, Ishii K, Sado T, Morosawa T, Tsunagawa T, Tsuchiya M. 2017. Natural habitats uncovered? – Genetic structure of known and newly found localities of the endangered bitterling Pseudorhodeus tanago (Cyprinidae). Nat Conserv 17:19-33.

Saitoh K, Fujimoto Y, Mori A. 2016. Mitochondrial haplotypes of Acheilognathus typus collected in Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma and its catchment in 2015. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 10:49-57.

Saitoh K, Shindo K, Fujimoto Y, Takahashi K, Shimada T. 2016. Mitochondrial genotyping of an endangered bitterling Acheilognathus typus (Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 623:131-141.

Saitoh K, Uchiyama R. 2015. Pictorial Field Guide to Japanese Freshwater Fishes, Yama-kei Publ, Tokyo, Japan.

Yang L, Sado T, Hirt MV, Pasco-Viel E, Arunachalam M, Li J, Wang X, Freyhof J, Saitoh K, Simons AM, Miya M, He S, Mayden RL. 2015. Phylogeny and polyploidy: resolving the classification of cyprinine fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Mol Phylogenet Evol 85:97-116.

Saitoh K. 2014. Interrelationships and classification of fishes of the family Cyprinidae. Aquabiology 210:116-124.

Tang KL, Agnew MK, Hirt MV, Lumbantobing DN, Raley ME, Sado T, Teoh V-H, Yang L, Harris PM, He S, Miya M, Saitoh K, Simons AM, Wood RM, Mayden RL. 2013. Limits and phylogenetic relationships of East Asian fishes Oxygastrinae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 3681:101-135.

Imoto JM, Saitoh K, Sasaki T, Yonezawa T, Adachi J, Kartavtsev YP, Miya M, Nishida M, Hanzawa N. 2013. Phylogeny and biogeography of highly diverged freshwater fish species (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae, Teleostei) inferred from mitochondrial genome analysis. Gene 514:112-124.

Yang L, Arunachalam M, Sado T, Levin BA, Golubtsov AS, Freyhof J, Friel JP, Chen WJ, Vincent Hirt M, Manickam R, Agnew MK, Simons AM, Saitoh K, Miya M, Mayden RL, He S. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the cyprinid tribe Labeonini (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Mol Phylogenet Evol 65:362-379.

Nakajima J, Suzawa Y, Shimizu T, Saitoh K. 2012. Proposal of standard Japanese names for Japanese loaches of the genus Cobitis (Cobitidae). Jpn J Ichthyol 59:86-95.

Tang KL, Agnew MK, Chen W-J, Hirt MV, Raley ME, Sado T, Schneider LM, Yang L, Bart HL, He SP, Liu H, Miya M, Saitoh K, Simons AM, Wood RM, Mayden RL. 2011. Phylogeny of the gudgeons (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Gobioninae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 61:103-124.

Saitoh K, Sado T, Doosey MH, Bart HLJr, Inoue JG, Nishida M, Mayden RL, Miya M. 2011. Evidence from mitochondrial genomics supports the lower Mesozoic of South Asia as the time and place of basal divergence of cypriniform fishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi). Zool J Linn Soc 161:633-662.

Yang L, Mayden RL, Sado T, He SP, Saitoh K, Miya M. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the fishes traditionally referred to Cyprinini sensu stricto (Teleostei: Cypriniformes). Zool Scr 39:527-550.

Tang KL, Agnew MK, Chen W-J, Hirt MV, Sado T, Schneider LM, Freyhof J, Sulaiman Z, Swartz E, Vidthayanon C, Miya M, Saitoh K, Simons AM, Wood RM, Mayden RL. 2010. Systematics of the subfamily Danioninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 57:189-214.

Saitoh K, Chen W-J, Mayden RL. 2010. Extensive hybridization and tetrapolyploidy in spined loach fish. Mol Phylogenet Evol 56:1001-1010.

Doosey MH, Bart HLJr, Saitoh K, Miya M. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of catostomid fishes (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes) based on mitochondrial ND4/ND5 gene sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 54:1028-1034.

Mayden RL, Chen W-J, Bart HL, Doosey MH, Simons AM, Tang KL, Wood RM, Agnew MK, Yang L, Hirt MV, Clements MD, Saitoh K, Sado T, Miya M, Nishida M. 2009. Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships of the earth's most diverse clade of freshwater fishes – order Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi): A case study using multiple nuclear loci and the mitochondrial genome. Mol Phylogenet Evol 51:500-514.

Chen W-J, Miya M, Saitoh K, Mayden RL. 2008. Phylogenetic utility of two existing and four novel nuclear loci in reconstructing tree of life of ray-finned fishes: the order Cypriniformes (Ostariophysi) as a case study. Gene 423:125-134.

Saitoh K, Chen W-J. 2008. Reducing cloning artifacts for recovery of allelic sequences by T7 endonuclease I cleavage and single re-extension of PCR products – A benchmark. Gene 423:92-95.

Mayden RL, Tang KL, Wood RM, Chen W-J, Agnew M, Conway KW, Yang L, Simons AM, Bart HL, Harris PM, Li J, Wang Z, Saitoh K, He S, Liu H, Chen Y, Nishida M, Miya M. 2008. Inferring the tree of life of the order Cypriniformes, the earth's most diverse clade of freshwater fishes: Implications of varied taxon and character sampling. J Syst Evol 46:424-438.

Mayden RL, Tang KL, Conway KW, Freyhof J, Chamberlain J, Haskins M, Schneider L, Sudkamp M, Wood RM, Agnew M, Bufalino A, Sulaiman Z, Miya M, Saitoh K, He S. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: A framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. J Exp Zool 308B:642-654.

Saitoh K, Kawagishi M, Shindo K. 2007. Acheilognathus tabira from Natori Basin, Miyagi, Japan produces elliptical eggs and their juveniles do not have a dark spot on the dorsal fin. Izunuma-Uchinuma Wetland Res 1:1-5.

Saitoh K, Sado T, Mayden RL, Hanzawa N, Nakamura K, Nishida M, Miya M. 2006. Mitogenomic evolution and interrelationships of the Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi): The first evidence toward resolution of higher-level relationships of the world's largest freshwater fish clade based on 59 whole mitogenome sequences. J Mol Evol 63:826-841.

Miya M, Saitoh K, Wood R, Nishida M, Mayden RL. 2006. New primers for amplifying and sequencing the mitochondrial ND4/ND5 gene region of the Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi). Ichthyol Res 53:75-81.

Saitoh K. 2005. Cobitis striata complex – highly abundant but vulnerable fish, pp186-192. In: Katano O, Mori S (eds). Present Status and Future of Endangered Freshwater Fish – A Senario for Active Conservation, Shinzansha, Tokyo.

Saitoh K, Kim I-S, Lee E-H. 2004. Mitochondrial gene introgression between spined loaches via hybridogenesis. Zool Sci 21:795-798.

Saitoh K. 2003. Mitotic and meiotic analyses of the 'large race' of Cobitis striata, a polyploid spined loach of hybrid origin. Folia Biol (Krakow) 51(Suppl):101-105.

Saitoh K, Miya M, Inoue JG, Ishiguro NB, Nishida M. 2003. Mitochondrial genomics of ostariophysan fishes: Perspectives on phylogeny and biogeography. J Mol Evol 56:464-472.

Kawamura K, Ueda T, Arai R, Nagata Y, Saitoh K, Ohtaka H, Kanoh Y. 2001. Genetic introgression by the rose bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus, into the Japanese rose bitterling, R. o. kurumeus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zool Sci 18:1027-1039.

Saitoh K, Ueda T, Arai R, Wu H-L, Jeon S-R. 2000. Highly repetitive elements from Chinese bitterlings (genus Rhodeus, Cyprinidae). Gene Genet Syst 75:349-355.

Saitoh K. 2000. Sumio Minamori: the pioneer of loach speciation study. Folia Zool 49(S1):249-252.

Saitoh K, Kobayashi T, Ueshima R, Numachi K. 2000. Analyses of mitochondrial and satellite DNAs on spined loaches of the genus Cobitis from Japan have revealed relationships among populations of three diploid-tetraploid complexes. Folia Zool 49(S1):9-16.

Saitoh K, Bohlen J, Rab P. 2000. Preface. Folia Zool 49(S1):2.

Saitoh K. 1993. Smaller races and the large race of the striated spined loach are threatened. Jpn J Ichthyol 40:394-397.

Saitoh K, Matsuda M. 1990. An introduction to the spined loaches in the Lake Biwa basin. Ann Rep Biwako Bunkakan 8:19-23.

Saitoh K. 1990. Reproductive and habitat isolation between two populations of the striated spined loach. Env Biol Fish 28:237-248.

Matsuda M, Satioh K. 1989. Karyotype of a Japanese cyprinid fish, Aphyocypris chinensis. Ann Rep Biwako Bunkakan 7:21-23.

Saitoh K. 1989. Cobitis taenia complex. pp382-391. In: Kawanabe H, Mizuno N (eds). Freshwater Fishes of Japan, Yama-kei Publ, Tokyo.

Saitoh K. 1989. Asian pond loach, pp382-391. In: Kawanabe H, Mizuno N (eds). Freshwater Fishes of Japan, Yama-kei Publ, Tokyo.

Saitoh K. 1989. Multiple sex chromosome system in a loach fish. Cytogenet Cell Genet 52:62-64.

Saitoh K, Fujikawa H, Nagata Y. 1988. Akahiretabira, Acheilognathus tabira subsp.(a) collected in Ohara River, Ohda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Bull Biogeogr Soc Jpn 43:57-60.

Saitoh K, Katano O, Koizumi A. 1988. Movement and spawning of several freshwater fishes in temporary waters around paddy fields. Jpn J Ecol 38:35-47.

Saitoh K, Aizawa H. 1987. Local differentiation within the striated spined loach (the striata type of Cobitis taenia complex). Jpn J Ichthyol 34:334-345.