Fifteen microsatellite loci for the jungle perch, Kuhlia rupestris

Maureen B. Peters¹, Jennifer R. Ovenden³, Damien Broderick³, Stacey L. Lance¹, Cris Hagen¹,
and Travis C. Glenn²

¹Savannah River Ecology Lab, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, USA
²Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
³Molecular Fisheries Laboratory, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries,
PO Box 6097, St Lucia, Qld 4067, Australia

Abstract: We developed and optimized 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the jungle perch, Kuhlia rupestris. Loci were screened in a single population (n=24) from Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. Number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 19 and observed heterozygosity from 0.25 to 1. No significant linkage disequilibrium was detected between any pair of loci. Genotype proportions for these loci in the population sampled were in Hardy—Weinberg equilibrium.