Loaches

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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