DEVELOPMENT OF E-COURSES FOR B.F.

Sc COURSES TOPIC
TOPIC: Introduction to Fish Taxonomy
COURSE ID: DFB1

Introduction
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Study of organic diversity

 Biodiversity
1.70 million of earth’s estimated 10 – 100 million
species have been scientifically erected – named
and classified
Marine biota – 3,40,000 species
Systematic zoology – discovers names –
determine relationship – studies evolution of
organisms

Author: Dr. JAWAHAR -TAXONOMY OF FINFISH

 DEVELOPMENT OF E-COURSES FOR B.F.Sc COURSES TOPIC
TOPIC: Importance to Fish Taxonomy
COURSE ID: DFB1

Systematics
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 Taxonomy – Greek words – taxis arrangement – Nomos – Law

 Candolle 1813 – Theory & practice of classifying organisms
 Classification – identification
 Ordering of animals
 Species placed by deductive procedure to each taxa
 Alpha taxonomy – description of new taxonomy
 Beta taxonomy – worked out species level and higher categories
 Gamma taxonomy – Intraspecific variations and its evolutionary
relationship – casual interpretation of organic diversity

Author: Dr. JAWAHAR -TAXONOMY OF FINFISH

 DEVELOPMENT OF E-COURSES FOR B.F.Sc COURSES TOPIC
TOPIC: Importance to Fish Taxonomy
COURSE ID: DFB1
Importance of Taxonomical Studies
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Population and higher taxa

Conservation and management
Evolutionary phenomena – phylogeny
Aquaculture
Pisces – Highly diversified groups – variation in
morphology – habitats – biology
Half the number of the total vertebrates – fishes-
25,000 species

Author: Dr. JAWAHAR -TAXONOMY OF FINFISH

 DEVELOPMENT OF E-COURSES FOR B.F.Sc COURSES TOPIC
TOPIC: Introduction to Fish Taxonomy
COURSE ID: DFB1

Tasks for Taxonomists

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Identification-
Classification
Species formation and evolution
Taxonomical revision
Fresh specimens
Museum specimens
Holotype specimens
Using keys
Checking the diagnostic characters – large no. of
specimens
sexes
Author: Dr. JAWAHAR -TAXONOMY OF FINFISH
DEVELOPMENT OF E-COURSES FOR B.F.Sc COURSES TOPIC
TOPIC: Introduction to Fish Taxonomy
COURSE ID: DFB1

Author: Dr. JAWAHAR -TAXONOMY OF FINFISH