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Training session on
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
Richardson et al. 1997
TRAINING CONTENTS
Training sessions can be divided in 3 main parts:
• Fish taxonomy
• FishBase
© James Watt
• Case Study
© MRAC
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISH TAXONOMY
Theoretical courses dealing with:
• systematics of fish
Some fish-related literature © MRAC
• principles of taxonomy
• statistical methods
• making a reference collection
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
Specimen collection used for fish identification exercices © MRAC
FISH TAXONOMY
Practical exercises:
• characteristics important for
identification
• use of identification keys and
literature / ichthyology library to
identify species: identification of
specimens on family, genus and
species level
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISH TAXONOMY
Practical exercises:
© MRAC
Some “fish-of-the-week” © MRAC
© MRAC
• “Fish of the week”-exercise throughout the
duration of the training
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISH TAXONOMY
Case study:
Measuring fish © MRAC
gaining practical experience in conducting a taxonomic revision:
measurement of specimens, analysis of data and critical interpretation of
results, writing an article
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISHBASE
© www.viking.be
INTRODUCTION
Information on different levels; Catalog of fishes
© Johnny Jensen
NOMENCLATURE
History and development of FishBase; Contribution of
MRAC to FishBase; Main pages in FishBase (Search
Page, Species Summary Page)
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISHBASE
© Brian Montague
MORPHOLOGY & IDENTIFICATION
Freshwater and marine fish distribution; Continental drift
and plate tectonics; Migration patterns
© CMAR
ZOOGEOGRAPHY
Major characters for description and
identification of fish; Quick
Identification Routine and
Identification Keys in FB
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
© Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Taeniolethrinops furcicauda © Gissel
FISHBASE
POPULATION DYNAMICS
LIFE HISTORY
Recruitment (natality) and mortality; Growth
rate; Maximum sustainable yield; Length
Frequency wizard and Life History tool
Reproductive guilds; Modes, timing and site of
reproduction; Reproductive behaviour, including
parental care; Fecundity and spawning; Egg
characteristics and development; Larvalbase
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
© College of DuPage
FISHBASE
TROPHIC ECOLOGY
Mozambique tilapia © Pia Kiilerich
PHYSIOLOGY
Morphological adaptations for feeding; Trophic
categories; Diet composition and temporal changes;
Trophic chains and webs
Vision; Brains; Oxygen; Swimming mode and speed;
Gill area; Fish sounds; Fish processing; Fish diseases
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
FISHBASE
© www.glofish.com
GENETICS
DNA and molecular phylogeny; Allele frequencies;
Heritability; Strains; Genbank; Visit to the Royal Belgian
Institute of Natural Sciences
State of fisheries in Africa; Stock
assessment and management;
Aquaculture fish species in Africa;
Special culture methods
© Jay R. Stauffer
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007
© F. Teigler
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA Tervuren)
FishBase and Fish Taxonomy Training
Session 2007