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Clupeiformes of the World Oceans

There are 273 species of Clupeiformes that are commonly found in the World Oceans.

Information on the COI barcoding status of these species is presented in the table below.
MODE
A		 All available COI barcodes for this taxa group (collected from any ocean and/or without geo-referencing):
  • Of the 273 total species, 182 of these species (66%) have COI barcodes (from this or any ocean).
  • There are a total of 7642 "any ocean" COI barcode records available for this ocean and taxa group.
  • All available taxa group COI barcodes will be included in the Mode A downloads.
    • MODE
    B    		 Regional COI barcodes for this taxa group (includes only those collected in the World Oceans region):
  • Of the 273 total species, 182 of these species (66%) have World Oceans-collected COI barcodes.
  • There are a total of 7642 "World Oceans-collected" COI barcodes available for this taxa group.
  • In the map to the right, Red Stars show sampling locations of the COI barcodes in the Mode B download.
    • Uncoded
    Species    		 Of the 273 total species in this region, 91 species do not have any COI barcodes (from any region).

     Barcoding progress summary for the World Oceans region, out of a total of 273 possible species:
    • There are COI barcodes for 182 species ( 66% coverage ).
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    • There are 12S barcodes for 133 species ( 48% coverage ). 
    • There are 16S barcodes for 166 species ( 60% coverage ).
    • There are 18S barcodes for 15 species ( 5% coverage ).
    • There are 28S barcodes for 0 species ( 0% coverage ).
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    Clupeiformes of the World Oceans
    MZGdb DATA FILES

    Database-Version:   v2025-m03-01    		 --->   Mode-A   <---

    COI barcodes = 7642
    12S barcodes = 936
    16S barcodes = 1845
    18S barcodes = 34
    28S barcodes = 0
    		 Mode-B

    Not Applicable

    B = A for "world"         		Mode-C

    COI records = 8509
    12S records = 992
    16S records = 2005
    18S records = 38
    28S records = 0
    		 Mode-D

    Not Applicable

    D = C for "world"
    FASTA file MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-B)
    not applicable     		MZGdb fasta (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb fasta (mode-D)
    not applicable
    Mothur-formatted
    Taxonomic Hierarchy file

    (paired with FASTA file above)    		 MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)
    not applicable     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)
    not applicable
    MZGdb v3.0

    "full format"

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    Format Description    		CSV

    Excel-friendly full format
    comma-separated-values    		 MZGdb CSV (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-B)
    not applicable     		MZGdb CSV (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb CSV (mode-D)
    not applicable
    PSV

    pipe-separated-values    		 MZGdb PSV (mode-A)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    True "barcode" (species-only) data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-A)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-B)
    not applicable     		MZGdb PSV (mode-C)
    COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | n/d

    Genus-spp and species data
    from ANY ocean     (mode-C)     		MZGdb PSV (mode-D)
    not applicable


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