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© www.auburn.edu 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