10.5061/DRYAD.N571M
Decru, Eva
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Moelants, Tuur
Royal Museum for Central Africa
De Gelas, Koen
KU Leuven
Vreven, Emmanuel
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Verheyen, Erik
University of Antwerp
Snoeks, Jos
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Data from: Taxonomic challenges in freshwater fishes: a mismatch between
morphology and DNA barcoding in fish of the north-eastern part of the
Congo basin
Dryad
dataset
2015
Enteromius cf. atromaculatus
"Ctenopoma" ocellatum
Marcusenius angolensis
Labeobarbus hybrid mawambiensis x longidorsalis
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Chrysichthys habereri
Tylochromis lateralis
Gnathonemus petersii
Parauchenoglanis balayi
Garra dembeensis
Schilbe grenfelli
Microthrissa royauxi
Synodontis schoutedeni
Brachypetersius altus
Leptocypris lujae
Acanthocleithron chapini
Labeo chariensis
Kribia nana
Labeo parvus
Chrysichthys cranchii
Oxymormyrus boulengeri
Distichodus sp.
Synodontis alberti
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus
Synodontis smiti
Xenocharax spilurus
Labeo cyclopinnis
Congopanchax myersi
Parachanna obscura
Synodontis acanthomias
Synodontis nigriventris
Micralestes acutidens
Enteromius jae
Parauchenoglanis sp.
Petrocephalus schoutedeni
Pelmatochromis nigrofasciatus
Campylomormyrus tamandua
Synodontis decorus
Synodontis dorsomaculatus
Rhabdalestes yokai
Distichodus noboli
Labeobarbus longidorsalis
Enteromius atromaculatus
Parakneria camerunensis
Alestes liebrechtsii
Orthochromis stormsi
Genyomyrus donnyi
Brycinus sp. "Epulu"
Chromidotilapia schoutedeni
Stomatorhinus cf. fuliginosus
Stomatorhinus cf. kununguensis
Brycinus imberi
Schilbe intermedius
Clarias sp. "angolensis sole-shaped"
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus
Bryconaethiops microstoma
Brycinus grandisquamis
Hemichromis lifalili
Synodontis nummifer
Petrocephalus christyi
Brycinus bimaculatus
Clarias sp. "pachynema long barbels"
Campylomormyrus alces
Chrysichthys punctatus
Micralestes stormsi
Enteromius sp. "Congo"
Brycinus sp. "Congo"
Enteromius sp. "10 cps"
Nannocharax schoutedeni
Ichthyborus ornatus
Marcusenius cf. stanleyanus
Synodontis angelicus
Hippopotamyrus weeksii
Mormyrops anguilloides
Clarias liocephalus
Clarias buthupogon
Haplochromis sp. "Yaekama"
Pollimyrus cf. nigripinnis
Mormyrus caballus bumbanus
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Pollimyrus nigripinnis
Petrocephalus grandoculis
Schilbe marmoratus
Enteromius sp. "Loboya"
Marcusenius stanleyanus
Alestopetersius compressus
Synodontis congicus
Marcusenius sp. "flat head"
Synodontis greshoffi
Marcusenius leopoldianus
Clarias gabonensis
Polypterus delhezi
Bryconaethiops boulengeri
Channallabes apus
Enteromius brazzai
Clarias gariepinus
Hemichromis elongatus
Mormyrops nigricans
Chrysichthys longibarbis
Malapterurus microstoma
Potamothrissa acutirostris
Distichodus lusosso
Synodontis notatus
Marcusenius monteiri
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Fenerbahce cf. devosi
Distichodus maculatus
Coptodon rendalli
Eugnathichthys macroterolepis
Petrocephalus sp. "simus Congo"
Distichodus teugelsi
Marcusenius greshoffi
Mesoborus crocodilus
Distichodus cf. teugelsi
Clarias dumerilli
Clarias sp.
Alestes macrophthalmus
Distichodus antonii
Petrocephalus sauvagii
Synodontis pleurops
Ctenopoma ocellatum
Chrysichthys longipinnis
Pelmatochromis ocellifer
Raiamas cf. christyi
Mormyrops attenuatus
Hypsopanchax platysternus
Papyrocranus congoensis
Clariallabes variabilis
Clariallabes melas
Pollimyrus adspersus
Oreochromis leucostictus
Labeo altivelis
Marcusenius schilthuisiae
Pareutropius debauwi
Clarias platycephalus
Coptodon zillii
Aphyosemion sp. nov.
Enteromius miolepis
Enteromius cf. trinotatus
Undetected taxonomic diversity
Labeo longipinnis
Citharinus gibbosus
Labeo nasus
Eugnathichthys eetveldii
Distichodus sexfasciatus
Clarias dumerillii
Parauchenoglanis punctatus
Distichodus atroventralis
Neolebias trilineata
Labeobarbus hybrid macroceps x mawambiensis
Malapterurus melanochir
Microctenopoma uelense
Labeo greenii
Bagrus ubangiensis
Phago boulengeri
Hydrocynus vittatus
Petrocephalus binotatus
Chanallabes apus
Lamprologus mocquardi
Distichodus fasciolatus
Micralestes humilis
Micralestes lualabae
Pantodon buchholzi
Mastacembelus congicus
Ctenopoma nigropannosum
Chrysichthys congicus
Polypterus congicus
Clarias sp. "pachynema long barbels/pectorals"
Hepsetus sp. "Congo"
Lates niloticus
Haplochromis sp. "yellow"
Heterobranchus sp.
Raiamas salmolucius
Phago intermedius
Enteromius stanleyi
Congochromis dimidiatus
Opsaridium ubangiense
Brycinus kingsleyae
Enteromius cf. urostigma
Labeobarbus caudovittatus
Oxymormyrus zanclirostris
Euchilichthys royauxi
Enteromoius cf. urostigma
Tetraodon miurus
Hemigrammocharax uniocellatus
Cyphomyrus psittacus
Bryconaethiops macrops
Labeo lukulae
Parachanna insignis
Labeo lineatus
Myomyrus macrops
Synodontis flavitaeniatus
Epiplatys cf. multifasciatus
Campylomormyrus numenius
Enteromius lukusiensis
Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
Aphyosemion cf. musafirii
Brycinus poptae
Congoglanis alula
Petrocephalus microphthalmus
Pollimyrus plagiostoma
Distichodus affinis
Mormyrops furcidens
Pollimyrus osborni
Clypeobarbus pleuropholis
Eugnathichthys virgatus
Synodontis iturii
Labeo cyclorhynchus
Marcusenius kutuensis
Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12445
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This study evaluates the utility of DNA barcoding to traditional
morphology-based species identifications for the fish fauna of the
north-eastern Congo basin. We compared DNA sequences (COI) of 821 samples
from 206 morphologically identified species. Best match, best close match
and all species barcoding analyses resulted in a rather low identification
success of 87.5%, 84.5% and 64.1%, respectively. The ratio
‘nearest-neighbour distance/maximum intraspecific divergence’ was lower
than 1 for 26.1% of the samples, indicating possible taxonomic problems.
In ten genera, belonging to six families, the number of species inferred
from mtDNA data exceeded the number of species identified using
morphological features; and in four cases indications of possible synonymy
were detected. Finally, the DNA barcodes confirmed previously known
identification problems within certain genera of the Clariidae, Cyprinidae
and Mormyridae. Our results underscore the large number of taxonomic
problems lingering in the taxonomy of the fish fauna of the Congo basin
and illustrate why DNA barcodes will contribute to future efforts to
compile a reliable taxonomic inventory of the Congo basin fish fauna.
Therefore, the obtained barcodes were deposited in the reference barcode
library of the Barcode of Life Initiative.
COI barcodes of fish from the Congo basin_MER-15-0105Microsoft Excel Comma
Separated Values file with COI barcodes of fish captured in the
north-eastern Congo basin, more specifically in the main channel of the
Middle and Upper Congo River, the Lomami, the Lobaye, the Itimbiri, the
Aruwimi, the Ituri, the Epulu, the Maiko and the Loboya rivers.
>Unique sequence number [organism=organism name] River Nucleotide
alignmentNeighbour Joining tree COI barcodes of fish from the Congo
basin_MER-15-0105Neighbour Joining tree based on COI barcodes of fish
captured in the north-eastern Congo basin, more specifically in the main
channel of the Middle and Upper Congo River, the Lomami, the Lobaye, the
Itimbiri, the Aruwimi, the Ituri, the Epulu, the Maiko and the Loboya
rivers (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Branch lengths are shown; 100
bootstrap replications were used; tree was produced in MEGA 6.06.
North-eastern Congo River basin
Democratic Republic of the Congo