Table 4 Summary of the DNA barcoding surveys of fishes (by December 2012) highlighting the numbers of species, higher taxa, families and genera with multiple species analyzed

Freshwater fishes

Upper Paraná River basin

Neotropical

254

10

36/20

126/19

1.30/6.80

Present study

Paraíba do Sul River basin – Brazil

Neotropical

58

5

17/8

40/4

0.13/10.36

[28]

São Francisco River basin – Brazil

Neotropical

101

6

22/11

75/6

0.50/10.61

[27]

Canada

North America

190

20

28/15

85/21

0.27/8.37

[23]

Mexico and Guatemala

Central/North America

61

8

15/5

36/6

0.45/5.10

[24]

Cuba

Central America

27

8

10/4

17/2

0.40/8.00

[25]

Tall Lake - Philippines

Asia

23

9

17/2

21/2

0.60/11.07

[26]

North America

North America

752

24

50/18

178/45

0.73/13.67

[29]

Argentina

Neotropical

36

8

18/3

32/1

0.33/1.68

[30]

India

Asia

25

1

9/4

17/2

-

[31]

Mexico

North America

31

4

8/3

16/4

0.78/6.08*

[32]

Marine fishes

Australia

Oceania

207

14

50/23

113/18

0.39/9.93

[12]

Argentina

South America

125

25

63/9

98/3

0.23/4.04

[13]

Nayband National Park – Iran

Europe

76

11

32/8

56/5

0.18/12.00

[16]

India

Asia

115

7

37/14

79/5

0.30/6.60

[14]

China

Asia

121

15

55/17

85/9

0.15/16.49

[15]

China

Asia

95

15

69/13

86/2

0.32/17.26

[17]

China

Asia

242

23

82/20

162/17

0.18/13.55

[18]

Caribbean

Caribbean

572 (521*)

20*

87/47*

232/39*

0.45/16.30*

[19]

Canada

North America

177

28

81/20

136/9

0.32/4.40

[20]

Korea

Asia

68

14

49/4

62/1

0.41/3.21

[21]

Brazil

South America

135

22

62/12

110/5

0.31/13.29

[22]