title: Classification of sharks in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters using morphological and DNA barcoding approaches.
abstract: The identification of species constitutes the first basic step in phylogenetic studies, biodiversity monitoring and conservation. DNA barcoding, i.e. the sequencing of a short standardized region of DNA, has been proposed as a new tool for animal species identification. The present study provides an update on the composition of shark in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters off Alexandria, since the latest study to date was performed 30 years ago, DNA barcoding was used in addition to classical taxonomical methodologies. Thus, 51 specimen were DNA barcoded for a 667 bp region of the mitochondrial COI gene. Although DNA barcoding aims at developing species identification systems, some phylogenetic signals were apparent in the data. In the neighbor-joining tree, 8 major clusters were apparent, each of them containing individuals belonging to the same species, and most with 100% bootstrap value. This study is the first to our knowledge to use DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial COI gene in order to confirm the presence of species Squalus acanthias, Oxynotus centrina, Squatina squatina, Scyliorhinus canicula, Scyliorhinus stellaris, Mustelus mustelus, Mustelus punctulatus and Carcharhinus altimus in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters. Finally, our study is the starting point of a new barcoding database concerning shark composition in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters (Barcoding of Egyptian Mediterranean Sharks [BEMS], http://www.boldsystems.org/views/projectlist.php?&#Barcoding%20Fish%20%28FishBOL%29).
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moftah
authors.forename: Sayeda H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abdel Aziz
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elramah
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Favereaux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic / Q000379:methods*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004534:Egypt; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D020407:Internet; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D012754:Sharks / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
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