Robert Hanner, PhD Database Working Group Chair, CBOL Global Campaign Coordinator, FISH-BOL Associate Director, Canadian Barcode of Life Network Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Canada The Fish Barcode of Life Initiative Fisheries Meeting, Academia Sinica, Taipei 17 September 2007

FISH-BOL Inaugural Fish Barcode of Life Workshop, 5-8 June 2005

1. FishBase selected as taxonomic authority file for FISH-BOL

BOLD Taxonomy Browser

FISH-BOL Campaign web site:

FISH-BOL Specimens and Species Barcoded (April 06 - August 07)

Fish Barcoding

Representative FISH-BOL Publications:  Pegg, G.G., Sinclair, B., Briskey, L. and Aspden, W.J MtDNA barcode identification of fish larvae in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Scientia Marina 70, Suppl. 2,  Victor, B Coryphopterus kuna, a new goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Caribbean, with the identificaton of the late larval stage and an estimate of the pelagic larval duration. Zootaxa 1526,  Yancy, H.F., Zemlak, T.S., Mason, J.A., Washington, J.D., Tenge, B.J., Nguyen, N-L.T., Barnett, J.D., Savary, W.E., Hill, W.E., Moore, M.M., Fry, F.S., Randolph, S.C., Rogers, P.L. and Hebert, P.D.N The potential use of DNA barcodes in regulatory science: applications of the Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia. Journal of Food Protection, (in press).

Organizational infrastructure in place, with over 160 participants distributed among ten Regional Working Groups. Significant external funding secured, over 4,000 species barcoded and many papers being published. Greater participation and support will be required to complete the barcode reference library for fishes. Summary

Acknowledgments FISH-BOL Co-Chairs: Paul Hebert & Bob Ward Regional Working Group Leaders All FISH-BOL Participants & Supporting Institutions Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) Genome Canada (through Ontario Genomics Institute)