A Review on DNA Barcoding on Fish Taxonomy in India

Sachithanandam, V.; Mohan, P. M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50075-7_10

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“…However, because elasmobranch oil and other products are used for painting fishing boats, traditional medicine, and a variety of other purposes, the species have been severely overfished (Muhando and Rumisha, 2008). The high demand for elasmobranch fins in Asian markets has also resulted in overfishing and increased destructive fishing practices in the country (Muhando and Rumisha, 2008;Hobbs et al, 2019;Sachithanandam and Mohan, 2020). Hence, the elasmobranch fishery has declined by over 80 %, and over 30 % elasmobranch species have been fished to the brink of extinction (Dulvy et al, 2017;Simwanza and Rumisha, 2023).…”

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DNA barcoding reveals threatened and protected elasmobranchs in Tanzanian fish markets

Rumisha,

Simwanza,

Nehemia

et al. 2023

WIO J. Mar. Sci.

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Western Indian Ocean countries have banned elasmobranch finning and enacted legislation to protect endangered elasmobranchs, however finned and morphologically deformed specimens are still landed and traded on Tanzanian fish markets. Such specimens are difficult to identify morphologically, and it is possible that protected elasmobranchs are among these. This study used DNA barcoding to uncover protected elasmobranchs in 102 specimens traded on Tanzanian fish markets. The sampled specimens revealed 23 elasmobranch species, 12 of which (52.1 %) were classified as endangered (EN) or critically endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Three of the identified species (great hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran, oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus, and pelagic thresher Alopias pelagicus) are protected by Tanzanian laws. Hence, it is advised that steps be taken to strengthen law enforcement at landing sites and fish markets in the country. Furthermore, the Third Schedule of Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations of 2009 should be updated to include 11 EN and CR elasmobranchs that are not on the list. Additionally, national and regional elasmobranch conservation plans should be developed to prevent the exploitation of endangered elasmobranchs.

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DNA barcoding reveals threatened and protected elasmobranchs in Tanzanian fish markets

Rumisha,

Simwanza,

Nehemia

et al. 2023

WIO J. Mar. Sci.

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“…DNA barcoding has been advanced as an efficient tool to develop species identification and new perspectives in ecology, taxonomy, and biodiversity assessment (Krishnamurthy & Francis, 2012;Gaither et al, 2015;Sachithanandam & Mohan, 2018). Therefore, DNA barcoding could also be an effective tool for identifying deep-sea fishes.…”

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DNA barcoding of deep-sea fishes from the northwestern Pacific Ocean: a resource for identifying hidden genetic diversity in deep-sea fishes

Teramura

Koeda²,

Senou

et al. 2021

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COI-based DNA barcoding could be an efficient tool for species identification of deep-sea fishes and could lead to the discovery of cryptic species diversity. However, the availability of reference sequences of deep-sea fishes for DNA barcoding is limited, especially for fishes in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In this study, we performed DNA barcoding of mesopelagic and demersal fish species on the continental shelf and upper slope, collected from deepwater fisheries around Japan and southern Taiwan, to accumulate the reference sequences of deep-sea fishes in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Overall, we obtained the COI sequences of 123 species from 50 families. Genetic diversity within each species for which COI sequences were obtained from multiple specimens was examined, and we found that Chimaera phantasma (Chimaeridae), Harpadon microchir (Synodontidae), and Pyramodon ventralis (Carapidae) showed high intraspecific genetic differentiation of more than 2% Kimura two-parameter distance. Moreover, for 19 widespread deep-sea fishes, a comparison between our data and previously acquired COI sequence data suggested a high level (more than 2% Kimura two-parameter distance) of genetic differentiation between the northwestern Pacific Ocean and other oceans in each widespread species. These results suggest that many cryptic species or regional populations have not yet been discovered in deep-sea fishes. Alternatively, genetic differentiation was not found worldwide for six species. These results indicate that many taxonomic and biogeographical issues remain for deep-sea fishes, and our DNA barcoding data would provide better understanding of these issues.

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DNA barcoding the Lake Edward basin: high taxonomic coverage of a tropical freshwater ichthyofauna

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A Review on DNA Barcoding on Fish Taxonomy in India

Cited by 4 publications

References 115 publications

DNA barcoding reveals threatened and protected elasmobranchs in Tanzanian fish markets

DNA barcoding reveals threatened and protected elasmobranchs in Tanzanian fish markets

DNA barcoding of deep-sea fishes from the northwestern Pacific Ocean: a resource for identifying hidden genetic diversity in deep-sea fishes

DNA barcoding the Lake Edward basin: high taxonomic coverage of a tropical freshwater ichthyofauna

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