A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Tetrapturus belone has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens21
BINs1
Marker genes2
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P652 bp consensus13 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)0.13%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.15%
Where individuals differ — all 5 variable positions, in barcode order
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5PRho
animal barcodemarker
Organelle genome
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is
◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species
Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.
protein-codingrRNAtRNA
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type81 records
Wild obs. + sensor19
Museum / vouchered14
Other48
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO148 km²
Depth
0–200 m sunlit6
200–1000 m twilight14
1–4 km midnight3
>4 km abyssal0
median 251.8 m · max 1 190 m · 23 records with depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 7≤10 km 2>10 km 2
17 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor19
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions1 of 2 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
4
Cambridge, US
1
2 institutions · 5 of 14 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility48 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System33 records↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics21 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗