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

大约30%的淡水鱼属于鲤形鱼类，包括鲦鱼、泥鳅和吸盘鱼。其中许多鱼具有巨大的经济价值，被捕获或饲养用于人类消费、宠物贸易或娱乐。世界上用于水产养殖的前五种鱼是鲤形鱼。所有鲤形鱼类物种清单的目标是：(1)加快发现和描述鲤形鱼类的速度；(2)提高对它们的进化和生态关系的理解；(3)通过网站方便地提供有关鲤形鱼类的信息；(4)通过学生培训和长期合作建立其他国家的研究能力。(5)提供美国和外国机构收藏的大量淡水鱼标本和组织。考虑到博物馆中要检查的大量标本和要取样的热带地区，预计将描述800-1,000个新物种。该项目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，大大提高物种识别的效率。网站将提供物种多样性信息、鱼类照片、识别指南以及相关项目的链接。保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和制定明智的管理政策。该项目预计将通过专家鉴定和对新数据和现有数据的地理参考，大大提高记录的分类和准确性。该项目是一项为期10年的努力的一部分，该努力旨在将美国研究收藏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，如社区战略计划所述，可在http://digbiocol.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/digistratplanfinaldraft.pdf上获得。

About 30% of freshwater fish species belong to a group called cypriniforms, that includes the minnows, loaches, and suckers. Many of these fish 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. This project 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. The project is expected to 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.