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Identification Engine: Results 3/28/2019 Specimen Identification Request | BOLDSYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION ENGINE: RESULTS Results Summary Download Tree Top Low % % Query ID Best ID Search DB Graph 100.00 87.56 SDP331088- Hyporhamphus COI SPECIES 16|KX781932|SGS233_2016|Hyporhamphusaustralis DATABASE australis|COI- 5P Query: SDP331088-16|KX781932|SGS233_2016|Hyporhamphus australis|COI-5P Top Hit: Chordata Actinopterygii - Beloniformes - Hyporhamphus australis (100%) Search Result: A species level match could not be made, the queried specimen is likely to be one of the following: Hyporhamphus australis Hyporhamphus ihi Hyporhamphus melanochir Hyporhamphus regularis Arrhamphus sclerolepis www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 1/5 3/28/2019 Specimen Identification Request | BOLDSYSTEMS For a hierarchical placement - a neighbor-joining tree is provided: TREE BASED IDENTIFICATION Identification Summary Similarity Scores of Top 99 Matches Taxonomic Taxon Probability of Level Assignment Placement (%) Phylum Chordata 100 Class Actinopterygii 100 Order Beloniformes 100 Family Hemiramphidae 100 Genus Hyporhamphus 100 Display: Top 20 Top 20 Matches Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Subspecies Similarity S (%) Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 100 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 100 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 100 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 100 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 100 E R Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus australis 99.84 P www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 2/5 3/28/2019 Specimen Identification Request | BOLDSYSTEMS Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus ihi 99.53 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.53 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus regularis 99.37 E R Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Arrhamphus sclerolepis 99.37 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.35 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.34 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus melanochir 99.33 P Chordata Actinopterygii Beloniformes Hemiramphidae Hyporhamphus quoyi 91.63 P Sampling Sites For Top Hits (>98% Match) www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 3/5 3/28/2019 Specimen Identification Request | BOLDSYSTEMS DATABASES RESOURCES ORGANIZATION PARTNERS Public Data Portal Citing BOLD About Us iBOL Taxonomy Browser News and Events Contact Us CBG Publications Data Releases News & Events CCDB Primers GenBank EOL GBIF www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 4/5 3/28/2019 Specimen Identification Request | BOLDSYSTEMS Copyright BOLD © 2014-2019 www.boldsystems.org/index.php/IDS_IdentificationRequest 5/5.
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