Case Study
Submitted By
| Name: | Gulab Khedkar |
| Institution: | Aquaculture Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Dr.B.A.M. University, Aurangabad. |
| Country: | India |
| Email: | gdkhedkar@gmail.com |
Title & Categories
| Case Study Title: | DNA BARCODING OF FRESHWATER FISHES FROM RIVER GODAVARI, INDIA |
| Focus Theme: | Systematic revision of an entire taxon, Species conservation, Experimental application of barcodes to a new taxonomic group, Biotic inventory of a poorly known taxonomic group, Adding barcodes to a large survey of a taxonomic group, Resolving discrete taxonomic problems, Invasive species, Experimental application of barcodes to a new taxonomic group, Environmental monitering/quality indicators, Adding barcodes to a large survey of a taxonomic group, Systematic revision of an entire taxon |
| Geographic Region: | Red Sea, East Asia |
| Habitat Type: | Marine nearshore benthos, Marine continental slope benthos, Marine continental shelf water column, Marine continental shelf benthos, Marine - Other, Freshwater rivers, Freshwater rivers, Freshwater - Other, Estuarine, Freshwater streams |
| Taxonomic Group: | f: VERTEBRATES, f: Osteichthyes, f: Chondrichthyes, f: Osteichthyes, f: Chondrichthyes, f: VERTEBRATES |
Scope
The studies are based on the data collected from River Godavari and its basin, India. The fish diversity from this revirine system is poorly known, and having descreate data not matching with what is obtained in this study and already reported. Hence, it is necessary to have its validation using DNA barcoding. We have collected and stored 67 species of fishes and work of barcoding is in progress. The collected speciemens were identified and arranged according to their taxonomic positions. The tissues from each speciement were preserved and coded as wel.
This project will be completed by the end of August, 2008.
Purpose
1. to map the fish diversity of River Godavari and its basin.
2. taxonomic studies of these fishes.
3. solving taxonomic ambiguities.
4. Generation of DNA narcode data.
Background
In India, many places reserachers are having small segment of work on fish diversity to a small region. The data generated is misleading n many cases. The taxonomic assignments to many fishes is wrong and old methods. The same species is identified by different names and bulding the diversity data on fish. Whole taxonomic and fish diversity revision is need for the river Godavari.