TY - JOUR AU - Marín, Alan AU - Gozzer-Wuest, Renato AU - Grillo-Nuñez, Jorge AU - Alvarez-Jaque, Irina AU - Riveros, Juan Carlos PY - 2022/01/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - DNA barcoding reveals overlooked shark and bony fish species in landing reports of small-scale fisheries from northern Peru JF - Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS) JA - Mar Fish Sci VL - 35 IS - 2 SE - Notes DO - 10.47193/mafis.3522022010502 UR - https://ojs.inidep.edu.ar/index.php/mafis/article/view/207 SP - 307-314 AB - <p>Species-level identification of commercially landed fish provides pivotal information for stock assessment and fishery management. However, there is a common lack of species determination in landing records from small-scale fisheries (SSFs) worldwide. Using DNA barcoding analyses, we detected four overlooked bony fish (yellow snapper, union snook, blackspot wrasse, and steeplined drum) and one shark species (the sicklefin smooth-hound) in official landing records of SSFs from northern Peru. Of particular concern is the sicklefin smooth-hound shark <em>Mustelus lunulatus</em> that was found to be overlooked and could mistakenly be landed as the humpback smooth-hound <em>M. whitneyi</em>. Increased efforts should be made to improve species identification capacities in Peruvian fishing landings. There is an urgent need to quantify the catch levels of members of the genus <em>Mustelus</em> to species level. This would contribute to a better understanding of the levels of exploitation in each particular species and to improved management decisions.</p> ER -