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“We belong to the first generation to Planetary Biological Inventories (PBIs) are learn that a mass extinction event is large-scale projects to discover and docu- ment all of a “major clade” (i.e., large impending, and to the last generation group of descendent species from a common with the opportunity to inventory ALL SPECIES INVENTORY ancestor, including fossils). PBIs empower much of our planet’s biodiversity 2008 CNSF Poster Presentation by international teams of scientists and institu- before it disappears forever.” tions to assemble a comprehensive frame- Mark Sabaj Pérez work for understanding Earth’s biodiversity, 2003 NSF Announcement & John Sullivan history and ecosystems. No projects of such of New Program: magnitude have ever been attempted. Given Planetary Biodiversity Inventories The Academy of Natural Sciences the accelerated rate of change of our planet 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 – the time is now.

A Five-Year Exploration Discovering new Publication & Applications of Education Freshwater Synergistic Global Effort & Collections species & more Digital Archives New Technology & Outreach Conservation Collaborations An integrated approach for under- found on all continents ACSI’s primary goal: the complete ACSI funds publication of papers Transforming anatomical science ACSI creates opportunities for Species inventories are the basis Natural ties exist between ACSI & standing Earth’s catfish diversity including fossils on Antarctica classification of all catfish species on catfish species & classification for the 21st Century young scientists & the public for sound conservation policies many other NSF-supported projects

• ACSI comprises an International research • Over 3100 valid living & fossil species in 40 Step 1: compilation of all previously named • Catscan or x-ray computed tomography • ACSI expeditions yield valuable collections network of 422 participants (including 133 families worldwide (about 1 in 4 freshwater and described species. Published in “Check- (HRXCT) developed by the DigiMorph team of and aquatic organisms shared with students) in 53 countries. fishes, 1 in 10 fishes and 1 in 20 list of catfishes, recent and fossil…” by ACSI at the University of Texas, Austin generates the Cypriniformes Tree of Life and Mussel is a catfish). co-PI Carl J. Ferraris, Jr.: summarizes impor- detailed 3D images of entire specimens that Project. • 221 ACSI grants and fellowships awarded tant taxonomic information for all 4,624 spe- ACSI digitally dissects to study and document to participants at home and abroad created • Most diverse in the large equatorial water- cies of catfishes ever described. complex internal anatomy. • ACSI studies on the phylogenetic history of new opportunities for fieldwork, museum sheds of , and catfishes create branches for theTree of Life research, specimen imaging projects and . Step 2: discovery, naming and description • Skeletal atlases for representative catfishes Web Project. communication of results via print and web- of new species: ongoing with over 350 new and is made available via the Catfish Bones based publications. • 45 living species in one family () species described since the start of the proj- website: http://catfishbone.acnatsci.org/. • ACSI expertise provides accurate informa- endemic to North America. ect. tion and materials for public exhibits such as Amazon Voyage developed by the Miami • Special issues in two scientific journals: Step 3: organization of all species into hierar- Musuem of Science. Such cooperative work Neotropical Ichthyology (in 2005 & 2008, chical groups (i.e., genera, families) based on • is the global language for com- elevates the profiles and productivity of many † published by the Sociedade Brasileira de † evolutionary relationships: DNA sequences municating information about biodiversity NSF projects, such as those shown below. Ictiologia) and the Proceedings of the Acad- compiled and analyzed for over 130 species † emy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Catalog of Fishes † representative of all major catfish lineages. • ACSI has contributed knowledge and exper- (2008). Creating such outlets regularly stim- research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/Catalog The relationships proposed by this new and tise to an effort by World Wildlife Fund and W. Eschmeyer et al. ulates the completion of ongoing studies. • Support and training for over 20 undergradu- comprehensive molecular data set provide ates, 12 graduate students and 4 postdocs at The Nature Conservancy to newly identify California Academy of Sciences new insights on the evolution of catfishes that and characterize the Earth’s freshwater eco- mar US institutions. Tree of Life 100/57 coe 100,100 100/170 100,100 Cetopsis can ASP + DOR systems. Pterobunocephalus sp are being compared to traditional hypotheses 100/103 Hoplomyzon sex 100,100 100/139 Web Project 100,100 Micromyzon aka 88/12 Centromochlus hec 100,100 100/22 Ageneiosus uca DOR www.tolweb.org/tree 100,100 99/16 Auchenipteridae based on morphological data. 100/26 100,100 Parauchenipterus gal • Training in the field and lab to dozens of stu- 100,100 Acanthodoras cat Global distribution 71/4 Anduzedoras oxy 79,88 100/69 Doradidae D. Maddison et al. 100,100 Leptodoras lin CLA • Covering virtually all freshwater habitats, Heteropneustes fos 100/58 Heteropneustidae 100/49 Clarias bat dents abroad. Nematogenys ine 100,100 Clarias gab of catfishes ( fossils) Nematogenyidae 100,100 100/12 Clariidae University of Arizona † gui 100,100 Heterobranchus lon 100/53 arc LORICARIOIDEI the Ecoregion Map, together with associated 100,100 Bullockia mal 100/38 Galeichthys per ARI 100/89 100,100 100/25 Bagre mar 100,100 Henonemus pun 100/21 98/14 100/58 100,100 Sciades fel 100,100 62/1 Cephalocassis bor 100,100 100,100 Ochmacanthus alt 59,62 100/16 species data, is an invaluable tool for under- Cypriniformes Tree of Life † 100,100 Ketengus sp Callichthys cal 100/76 100/18 bra • Museum exhibits at The Academy of Natural bio.slu.edu/mayden/cypriniformes/home.html 100,100 Corydoras tri 100,100 bra 100/22 Olyra lon 55/3 dis 98,100 Batasio tig pinning global and regional conservation plan- 75,100 Scoloplacidae 89/7 100/78 mac sp1 72,100 Sciences (ANSP) & National Mississippi River R. Mayden et al. 99/17 100/158 poe

Global distribution ACSI participants & correspondents 100,100 BIG ASIA 100/26 100/24 100,100 100,100 Astroblepus sp2 Astroblepidae Heterobagrus boc 100,100 100,100 100/47 68/1 Bagrus doc Liposarcus mul 100,100 99/10 ning efforts, for serving as a logical framework 61,90 100,100 Hemibagrus wyc St. Louis University 100/54 100/51 Loricaria sim 100/65 Ailia coi Museum & Aquarium. 100,100 Laides hex 100,100 100/34 100,100 Lamontichthys sti 65/4 Acrochordonichthys rug DeepFin Project 100,100 98/11 --,-- Akysis sp Akysidae for large-scale conservation strategies. 97,100 Farlowella nat 100/47 100/41 Amblyceps sp SIS 100,100 100,100 Amblycipitidae www.deepfin.org 55/2 59/1 Bagarius yar 55,69 100/49 89,100 Glyptothorax tri Sisoridae 100/111 Diplomystes mes Nangra vir 100,100 90/8 100,100 Erethistes sp Diplomystes nah SILUROIDEI 97,100 100/86 G. Orti et al.

SILUROIDEI Erethistidae 100,100 Hara sp • Workshops in , Singapore and South Rita rit 100/18 Plotosus lin 100/109 100,100 100/27 Neosilurus ate Plotosidae University of Nebraska

100,100 Porochilus ren

100/73 100,100 Chaca cha Africa. 100/130 100,100 100/73 100,100 Chaca sp Chacidae 100,100 Wallago sp 100/89 Pterocryptis ano 100,100 99/15 Hemisilurus moo 99,100 100/52 Micronema apo Siluridae Morphobank Project 83/4 100,100 Kryptopterus min ACSI’s Principal Investigators are Drs. 80,96 2008 Publication in BioScience Batrochoglanis ran 100/55 100/20 Pseudopimelodus buf ACSI explores new waters 100,100 Pseudopimelodus man www.morphobank.org 96/8 • Classes, talks, tours, tutorial videos and oth- N. America S. America Eurasia Africa Madagascar Marine 100,100 100,100 Phractocephalus hem 100/60 Hypophthalmus ede

100/13 PIM 99/11 100,100 100,100 Pimelodus orn M. O’Leary & S. Kaufman Lawrence Page 100,100 Conorhynchos con er public programs in collaboration with the Goeldiella equ 97/10 81/4 100/49 Pimelodella cri 100,100 80,98 sp Stony Brook University 100/81 100,100 100,100 Imparfinis st1 Phylogeny or “tree” of catfishes based on 100/23 Imparfinis st2 ANSP Education Department • 51 field projects in 22 countries including 96/10 Carl Ferraris, Jr. 100,100 98,100 Imparfinis coc 100/35 Pangasianodon hyp Helicophagus waa 100,100 99/10 Pangasiidae DigiMorph DNA sequence data compiled by ACSI 100,100 Pangasius lar University of Florida major ACSI expeditions to Argentina, Brazil, 100/53 sav 99/15 100,100 dyb Kyle Luckenbill Haploporid Monographs www.digimorph.org 100,100 100/44 bat Mochokidae postdoc John Sullivan and collaborators. 99/11 100,100 sp Cameroon, Central African Republic, , 99,100 100/82 Malapterurus ben Malapteruridae BIG AFRICA R. Overstreet et al. T. Rowe et al. 59/2 100,100 Malapterurus tan Zaireichthys sp teaching at ANSP Jonathan Armbruster --,-- 100/77 Amphilius jac 100,100 100/14 96/9 100,100 100/37 Belonoglanis ten Amphiliidae University of University of Texas Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Papua New 99,100 100,100 Phractura lon 100/68 Auchenoglanis occ Auburn University 100/18 Anaspidoglanis mac 100,100 Auchenoglaninae 100,100 bal Southern Mississippi At Austin 97/10 Guinea, Republic of Congo, Suriname, Tan- 93/8 Paralia sp 99,100 96,100 100/39 Pareutropius deb Schilbidae 67/3 100,100 Schilbe int 50,56 100/9 Chrysichthys sp John Friel 100/93 100,100 Rheoglanis den zania, Thailand, and Zambia. Lophiobagrus bre One amazing discovery: a catfish 100,100 100/17 Claroteinae 100,100 68/1 Bathybagrus tet 80,99 Phyllonemus typ Amazon Voyage Cranoglanis bou Cornell University 100/17 Cranoglanididae ICT Pylodictis oli 100,100 100/39 Ameiurus neb from Mexico with African roots 100,100 50/1 Ictalurus pun Ictaluridae 70,87 Noturus ins Exhibit Mark Sabaj Pérez • Hundreds of thousands of specimens & L. Enriconi et al. John Lundberg thousands of genetic samples deposited in • Lacantunia enigmatica (below), represen- ACSI’s digital archives @ Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia museums in the USA and around the world. tative of a new catfish Family Lacantunii- http://silurus.ansp.org dae, in Chiapas, Mexico. The Mussel Project • 4.68 million dollars over 5 years (2003-’08). 2006 Mongolia Expedition • Nearly 9,000 images of important specimens clade.acnatsci.org/mussel • Morphological and molecular data indicate (e.g., “types”) housed in 54 museums distrib- D. Graf & K. Cummings that its closest relatives are African. uted on every continent, and PDFs of over Academy of Natural Sciences • $835,000 budgeted for graduate students and & Illinois Natural History Survey postdocs in the USA and $674,212 awarded 1,000 catfish publications, most of rare or out- • The is the only New World The Congo Project to American and foreign participants (student of-print works. catfish with intimate ties to Africa, and sug- research.amnh.org/ichthyology/congo/index_02.html and professional). M. Stiassny et al. gests new biogeographic scenarios for to- • Participants can upload, download & view im- ACSI fieldwork always involves working with American Museum of Natural History day’s distribution of freshwater organisms. ages of catfishes and their habitats as well as local peoples and routinely provides unique pertinent literature. Images are combined with opportunities to educate indigenous commu- Inaugural PBI projects ongoing taxonomic and evolutionary studies nities on catfishes and conservation. funded by the National Science Foundation to create on-line taxa lists and descriptions, are global inventories of Not all species discoveries are identification keys and distribution maps. Mongolia made in the field: many new cat- Catfishes, Plant Bugs, fishes are discovered in the True Slime Molds world’s collections & Solanum (plant group including potatoes & tomatoes) • To diagnose new species, specimens old and Catfishes were chosen due to their global new must be compared to those of already distribution, high diversity, and described species, particularly “types” used Guyana widespread familiarity. for their original descriptions. ACSI facilitates Peru such work by funding museum visits, type-im- As esteemed naturalist Archie Carr noted: ACSI co-PI Jonathan Armbrust- aging projects, and rare literature scanning, Any damned fool knows a catfish! er teaches lesson on catfishes to and by making images and literature globally Lacantunia enigmatica Rodiles-Hernán- Nevertheless, we fools are damned far from Amerindian schoolchildren of the available via the Internet. dez, Hendrickson & Lundberg 2005 Sample webpages knowing all catfishes! Karasabi village, Guyana.