Evaluating the Accuracy of Morphological Identification of Larval Fishes by Applying DNA Barcoding

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e53451
• Main Authors: Ko, Hui-Ling, Wang, Yu-Tze, Chiu, Tai-Sheng, Lee, Ming-An, Leu, Ming-Yih, Chang, Kuang-Zong, Chen, Wen-Yu, Shao, Kwang-Tsao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.01.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Bar codes; Biodiversity; Biology; Biotechnology; Coral reefs; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnostic systems; DNA; DNA barcoding; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; Electron Transport Complex IV - genetics; Fish; Fisheries; Fishes; Fishes - genetics; Fishing; Gene sequencing; Genomics; Identification; Identification methods; Integrated software; Laboratories; Laboratory tests; Larva - genetics; Larvae; Life sciences; Light traps; Marine biology; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Museums; Perciformes; Phylogeny; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species; Species Specificity; Taiwan; Zoology; Taiwan

Due to insufficient morphological diagnostic characters in larval fishes, it is easy to misidentify them and difficult to key to the genus or species level. The identification results from different laboratories are often inconsistent. This experiment aims to find out, by applying DNA barcoding, how...