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Sorting the wheat from the chaff: a review of BINs associated with groupers of Vietnam and the implications for species identification from DNA barcoding

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The Epinephelidae is a marine fish family that has been the focus of worldwide taxonomical attention due to its economic value. Recent molecular-based phylogenies have improved understanding of species diversity within this family. Nonetheless, species misidentification or hybridization has led to a barcode index number (BIN) being associated with several species, which hampers a clear species identification within the BOLD system. In this study, grouper diversity in Vietnam was investigated to check the species inventory, provide a DNA barcode library for Vietnam, and reevaluate BINs associated with some species that are present in Vietnam. To this end, 157 specimens were barcoded corresponding to 30 species and 31 BINs. Nine species were new records, bringing to 49 the number of species inventoried for Vietnam. In BOLD, these species are associated with 75 BINs, 31 species being represented by more than one BIN. A careful review of these BINs, considering the present results from Vietnam, the species composition and frequency of each BIN in BOLD, and reference species sequences from phylogenetic studies, revealed those misidentified or hybrid specimens that artificially increased the number of BINs per species. After appropriate revision, 15 species still remained associated with more than one BIN. A phylogeographic analysis of these species demonstrated that most of the BINs derived from evolutionary lineages with geographic distributions that match well known biogeographic units in the Indo-Pacific. Beyond the species identification, these multiple BINs of each species can be used to track the biogeographic origin of each of the associated specimens.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are indebted to Kayan Ma, Joey DiBattista and Alan Whitfield for advice and data exchanges. We also thank Đặng Thúy Bình and Trương Thị Oanh who helped J.-D. Durand for the sampling in Nha Trang. Thanks to D. McKenzie for English language editing. We thank two anonymous reviewers for providing helpful comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript.

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This study was supported by IRD and “Fondation Total” (fondation.total.com) through the “DECODIV” project (grant BIO-2014-005).

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  1. MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS, cc093, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 05, France

    Jean-Dominique Durand

  2. Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City-University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Manh Hung Pham & Duc Huy Hoang

  3. Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, District Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Thanh Thi Viet Tran

  4. Department of Marine Vertebrate Resources, Institute of Oceanography, 01 Cauda, Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam

    Quang Van Vo

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JDD conceived and designed research. JDD, MHP, TTVY, DHH, and QVV conducted experiments. JDD analyzed data and wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Durand, JD., Pham, M.H., Tran, T.T.V. et al. Sorting the wheat from the chaff: a review of BINs associated with groupers of Vietnam and the implications for species identification from DNA barcoding. Mar. Biodivers. 50, 38 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01051-1

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