A DNA barcode reference library of French Polynesian shore fishes

• DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0123-5
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04T14:24:03Z
• Authors: Erwan Delrieu-Tro...; Jeffrey T. Williams; Diane Pitassy; Amy Driskell; Nicolas Hubert; Jérémie Viviani; Thomas H. Cribb; Benoit Espiau; René Galzin; Michel Kulbicki; Thierry Lison de ...; Christopher Meyer; Johann Mourier; Gérard Mou-Tham; Valeriano Parravi...; Patrick Plantard; Pierre Sasal; Gilles Siu; Nathalie Tolou; Michel Veuille; Lee Weigt; Serge Planes
• Keywords: Statistics and Probability; 0106 biological sciences; 570; Data Descriptor; Moorea; 590; Library and Information Sciences; Marquesas; 1710 Information Systems; 01 natural sciences; Polynesia; Education; Complex; 1706 Computer Science Applications; Animals; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; 14. Life underwater; 2613 Statistics and Probability; Gene Library; Islands; Coral Reefs; Fishes; Biodiversity; Computer Science Applications; 1804 Statistics; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Tool; Probability and Uncertainty; Coral; 3309 Library and Information Sciences; Serranidae; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; 3304 Education; Information Systems

AbstractThe emergence of DNA barcoding and metabarcoding opened new ways to study biological diversity, however, the completion of DNA barcode libraries is fundamental for such approaches to succeed. This dataset is a DNA barcode reference library (fragment of Cytochrome Oxydase I gene) for 2,190 specimens representing at least 540 species of shore fishes collected over 10 years at 154 sites across the four volcanic archipelagos of French Polynesia; the Austral, Gambier, Marquesas and Society Islands, a 5,000,000 km2 area. At present, 65% of the known shore fish species of these archipelagoes possess a DNA barcode associated with preserved, photographed, tissue sampled and cataloged specimens, and extensive collection locality data. This dataset represents one of the most comprehensive DNA barcoding efforts for a vertebrate fauna to date. Considering the challenges associated with the conservation of coral reef fishes and the difficulties of accurately identifying species using morphological characters, this publicly available library is expected to be helpful for both authorities and academics in various fields.