Integrative Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics of Fishes
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: DNA-barcoding; COI; ichthyology; integrative taxonomy; species delimitation methods; systematics; taxonomy
Interests: systematics; ichthyology; biogeography; taxonomy; species delimitation
Interests: evolution; ichthyology; integrative taxonomy; systematics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Twenty years since the advent of DNA-based methods and the use of genes for the delineation of species limits, integrative taxonomy has been consolidated as a field that significantly impacts fish systematics. Various species delimitation methods and software have been developed and incorporated into fish taxonomy. However, comparatively less research has aimed to understand and interpret conflicting results (different delimited operational taxonomic units). Similarly, the use of single genes or even smaller fragments during the analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) has been performed many times without consulting a vouchered specimen-based library. While integrative taxonomy is now an important field dealing with the discovery and conservation of species, many questions regarding the impact of new technologies and methods remain; these include high-throughput sequencing and eDNA, and integrative taxonomy and systematics. This Special Issue aims to publish contributions on fish taxonomy and systematics through the application of integrative taxonomy and/or molecular approaches; reviews on the use and impacts of integrative taxonomy on fish conservation and systematics; studies on the molecular or total phylogenies of fish groups; articles that employ large vouchered datasets; and papers that present novel methods for integrative taxonomy and systematics. In addition, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of articles that discuss the handling of conflicting information and the applicability and impacts of new technologies and data sources such as eDNA and next-generation sequencing for integrative taxonomy and the systematics of fish groups.
Dr. Felipe Ottoni
Dr. Pedro Henrique Negreiros de Bragança
Dr. Elisabeth Henschel
Dr. Grazielle Fernanda Evangelista Gomes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ABGD
- ASAP
- barcode
- COI, eDNA
- NGS
- multi-locus
- single-locus
- species delimitation
- bPTP
- mPTP
- GMYC
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