Collaborative PBI: ALL CYPRINIFORMES SPECIES - PHASE II of an Inventory of the Otophysi

大约三分之一(30%)的淡水鱼属于鲤形目鱼类，其中许多具有很高的经济价值，被捕获或饲养以供人类食用、宠物交易或娱乐。世界上最大的五种用于水产养殖的鱼是鲤科鱼类。所有鲤科鱼类物种名录的目标是(1)加快鲤科鱼类的发现和描述速度，(2)提高对其进化和生态关系的了解，(3)通过网站提供关于鲤科鱼类的信息，(4)通过学生培训和长期合作建立其他国家的研究能力，以及(5)提供美国和外国机构收藏的大量淡水鱼标本和组织。鉴于博物馆中需要检查的标本数量很大，而且要对热带地区进行采样，预计将描述800-1000个新物种。所有鲤形目动物都将通过开展全球合作、培训美国和外国学生以及在项目网站上提供图像和数据库来极大地提高物种识别的效率。网站将提供有关物种多样性的信息、鱼类照片、识别指南以及相关项目的链接。养护生物学家和渔业管理人员依靠准确的识别和分布信息来确定保护区域的优先次序，并制定知情的管理政策。所有鲤形目鱼类都将通过专家鉴定和对新的和现有的数据进行地理参考，极大地提高分类和记录的准确性。该项目是一个为期10年的努力的一部分，目的是将与美国研究收藏中的生物标本相关的科学信息数字化和动员起来。该项目的图像和数字化数据将整合到在线国家资源中，如可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.获得的社区战略计划中所述

About 1 in 3 (30%) species of freshwater fishes belong to a group called cypriniforms, many of which have great economic value and are captured or raised for human consumption, the pet trade, or recreation. The top five fishes used for aquaculture worldwide are cypriniforms. Goals of the All Cypriniformes Species Inventory are to (1) accelerate the rate of discovery and description of cypriniform fishes, (2) improve the understanding of their evolutionary and ecological relationships, (3) make information on cypriniforms readily available via websites, (4) build capacity for research in other countries through student training and long-term collaborations, and (5) make available large numbers of specimens and tissues of freshwater fishes in collections of US and foreign institutions. Given the large numbers of specimens in museums to be examined and the tropical regions to be sampled, it is anticipated that 800-1,000 new species will be described. All Cypriniformes will greatly improve the efficiency of species recognition by developing global collaborations, training US and foreign students, and providing images and databases on project websites. Websites will provide information on species diversity, photos of fishes,guides for identification, and links to related projects. Conservation biologists and fisheries managers depend on accurate identifications and distributional information for prioritizing areas for protection and for making informed management policies. All Cypriniformes will greatly improve taxonomy and accuracy of records through expert identification and georeferencing new and existing data.This project is part of a 10-year effort to digitize and mobilize the scientific information associated with biological specimens held in U.S. research collections. The images and digitized data from this project will be integrated into the online national resource as outlined in the community strategic plan available at http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf.