1. All Fishes – Regional Perspectives Region: South America
Southeastern Pacific and Southatlantic.
Ricardo Galleguillos & Ciro Oyarzún
Dept. Oceanography
University of Concepción, Chile

2. Area covered in Chile:
Fishes from Chilean continental shelf and slope.
Potentially fishes from Easter Island and Juan Fernandez Archipelago and Sub Antarctic areas.

3. Number of fish species:
Country
Marine
Freshwater
Non natives
TOTAL
Colombia
2000
742
2742
Ecuador
500
350
850
Perú
1070
791
1861
Chile
1056 44 26
1126
Argentina
Uruguay
360
147
507
Brasil
900
2300
3200

4. Species used in Chile as fishery resources
Natives
Introduced
Algae 13
Fishes 85
9 (mainly salmons)
Molluscs 41 3
Crustacean 27 2
Echinoderms
Tunicate 1
Mammalian
Total
170 14

5. Brief summary of plans for facilitating area coverage: CHILE
Net contact from north to southern Chile through universities
MNHN-Chile (Santiago) and Regional Museums.
Fishery Industries. Central, Southern and Austral. Mainly demersal and pelagic fishes.

6. Has COI sequenced started in this region yet?:
NO as far I concern

7. Fish collectors in region:
University of Concepción, MNHN-Chile, Several colleagues along the Chilean coast We have regular contact and academic agreement with them.
Ecuador, Peru, Argentina (see next slides)

8. Fish taxonomists in region
Taxonomy Groups
Contacted
Ecuador
Pedro Jimenez
Yes
Hans Ruperti No
Perú
Martin Cornejo
Myctophidae, Stomiidae
Idiacanthidae, etc.
Norma Chirichigno
Several families, mainly coastal fish

9. Fish taxonomists in region
Chile
Ismael Kong
Scorpaeniform, Deep sea
Yes
Enzo Acuña
Myctophiform, Sharks
Roberto Meléndez
Chironemidae, Moridae, Blennidae
Ciro Oyarzun
Notohenioidei, Ophidiidae, Clupeidae
German Pequeño
Blennidae, Serranidae, Macrouridae
Julio Lamilla
Sharks & Rays

10. Fish taxonomists in region
Argentina
Gustavo Chiaramonte
Juan Diaz de A.
Elasmobranchii
Pleuronectiform
Yes
Atila Gosztonyi
Liparidae
Brasil
Manuel Furtado-Neto No

11. Deposition plans for voucher specimens:
In the case of tissue samples we can offer space in the new Center for biotechnology at University of Concepcion, and the Genetic Lab. in the Faculty of Agronomy at University of Chile.
Fish specimens will be stored, previous agreement, in Museums and Fish Collection in Universities.

12. Funding sources (present if any; potential future funding):
Potential future funding: CONICYT (National Commission of Science and Technology). Grant for applied science and technology (FONDEFF, FONTEC) with supply money from the industries.
Small Grant from internal Research Direction at University of Concepcion and others.
FIP (Funds for Fisheries Research)
We have Grants to work in stocks definition, mainly on Merluccius species, on Genypterus and Clupeiforms
South American countries could apply to respectives national agencies for research

13. Other comments: Fish taxonomy
In some Southamerican countries there are extensive works solving taxonomic problems for the major groups of fishes.
Chile. During the last 25 years, the Chilean Association of Ichthyology has been working to join and coordinate samples collection.

17. Other comments: Genetics
In South America there are facilities for working in genetic markers. (Funds for short visits training in COI amplification and sequencing).
Capacity Building:
U. of Chile, has specialized laboratories working with molecular markers and genetic improvement applied to aquaculture (salmon species), population genetics.
U. of Concepcion has experience working with population genetics of marine fishes and mollusks, using both protein electrophoresis and DNA (mtDNA and microsatellites).
In the near future a new Center for biotechnology with modern equipment. (Biological Resources Bank)
Genetic Biodiversity (Developing group).

18. Future Regional actions:
To create a coordination initially between Peru, Argentina and Chile to:
- Funds regional (CPPS), national
- samples and standardize labs protocols.
The next step should include Ecuador, Uruguay and Brazil.

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