Review on Fish Identification Tools and Their Importance in Biodiversity and Fisheries Assessments

Adil Sidahmed Omer

dc.contributor.author	Adil Sidahmed Omer
dc.date.accessioned	2026-02-04T08:20:40Z
dc.date.available	2026-02-04T08:20:40Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/483
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Internatioal Journal of Sciences : Basic and Applided Research (IJSBAR)	en_US
dc.subject	Biodiversity assessment	en_US
dc.subject	Fisheries	en_US
dc.subject	تقييم التنوع الحيوي	en_US
dc.subject	مصايد الأسماك	en_US
dc.title	Review on Fish Identification Tools and Their Importance in Biodiversity and Fisheries Assessments	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dcterms.abstract	Abstract The present review provides an appraisal of existing, state-of-the-art fish identification (ID) tools and shows their potential for providing the right solution in different real-life situations. The ID tools reviewed are: Use of scientific experts (taxonomists) and folk local experts, taxonomic reference collections, image recognition systems, field guides based on dichotomous keys; interactive electronic keys (e.g. IPOFIS), morphometrics (e.g. IPez), scale and otolith morphology, genetic methods (Single nucleotide polymorphisms [SNPs] and Barcode [BOL]) and Hydroacoustics. It is expected that it will help fisheries biologists, environmental administrators and other end users to select the best available species identification tools for their own purposes.