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The utility of barcoding in documenting fish diversity in a poorly explored African river system

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  • 1. The utility of barcoding in documenting fish diversityin a poorly explored African river systemErnst Swartz, Monica Mwale, Tuuli Makinen and Paul Skelton South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa [email protected]; www.saiab.ac.za4th International Barcode of Life ConferenceNovember 2011, Adelaide, Australia

2. Kwanza River system CongoDRC ZambiaKwanza AngolaAtlanticNamibiaOceanSouth Africa Cunene Okavango iBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 3. Descriptions/Country or RegioniBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 4. Accumulative Species DescriptionsiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 5. Species/DecadeiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 6. Collections in AfricaiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 7. 0 200 400 600 800 10001200D R TaCnzaiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Cnam ia er oo n M alawC onZa i gom (R biep aMuoz blic am ) bi qu e N ig eriaK en ya A ngolUaga nd aG ab on Gui ne Why Angola? aG ha naBurC un ote di dSiIver oi ra reLe on e Li be Top 20: Number of Indigenous Freshwater Species riaNiger BeninAdelaide, Australia 8. Why Angola?FishBase & IUCN comparison (Freshwater) 450 400FishBase 350 300IUCN experts 250IUCN GIS 200 150 10050 0o aa e ae ndaaqui bwol bi ican th ibilafr ng msoamsw bi ba A Zaaz amALeot hm NSw utZi BozSo MiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 9. IDs for Fisheries ManagementiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 10. Lower Kwanza Unsustainable?iBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 11. Hydroelectricity developmentiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 12. Hydroelectricity developmentiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 13. Kwanza River system CongoDRC ZambiaKwanza AngolaAtlanticNamibiaOceanSouth Africa Cunene Okavango iBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 14. ChallengesiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 15. TrainingiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 16. Field NegotiationsiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 17. TreesiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 18. Identification success Field vs Barcode IDsID confidenceBarcode only Species1821 578 68 Family Genus Barcode & FieldiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 19. C yp 0 5 1015 2025 3035rin idae C ichlidaeiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Po eciliidMae orm yrid ae Cla rii daM e oc ho ki dae AlestidAm aephiliid ae Ba gridCaeith arinid aeKn eriid aeClu peid ae Gobiid H aeepM Number of species in familiesse as ti dta aece mbelid Poae lynemidSc ae hilb ei daeAdelaide, Australia 20. How does barcoding help?Some Cyprinidae DiversityiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 21. 22Middle 10 11 Lower 22. Environmental Impact AssessmentiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 23. Recreationalbarcoding help? How does Angling PotentialiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 24. How does barcoding help? Alien Invasive Species Capanda - Mozambique tilapia (Aug 2008) Lucala - freshwater crayfish (Aug 2008)iBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 25. Reddy & Swartz,unpublishedAplocheilichthys macrurus Kwanza RiverA. myaposae & A. johnstoni complexAplocheilichthys macrurus Kunene RiverKuneneA. macrurusKwanzaA. macrurusAplocheilichthys spilauchenOther southern African Aplocheilichthys Maximum Likelihood Bayesian posterior probabilities A. spilauchen 26. Utilisation of BarcodingiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 27. Utilisation of Barcoding Register/Catalog LanguageiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 28. Utilisation of Barcoding 5% 5%10% 10% 10%60%iBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 29. How does barcoding help?Direct identification - limited, but growingIndirect identification - already useful, growingSorting process - very successful, except for some cichlidsiBOL 4, Nov. 2011 Adelaide, Australia 30. Way forwardExpertise in Africa - regional collections and national positions?Continued collaboration with overseas programsType barcodes - confidence ratingAccess and benefit sharing - data releaseiBOL 4, Nov. 2011Adelaide, Australia 31. AcknowledgementsCBOL and Barcode of Life organising committeeNational Research Foundation (South Africa)CCDB, University of Guelph (Canada) and their sponsorsDomingos Neto and INIP collaborators (Angola)SAIAB and DIFS (Rhodes University) collaborators (South Africa)Rafael Neto and GAMEK participants (Angola)Kissama National Parks participants (Angola)Angola Governmental Agencies and participants