Species Identification Using DNA Barcoding on Processed Panga Catfish Products in Viet Nam Revealed Important Mislabeling

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Nucleotide sequences of the Cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene and Cytochrome b were analyzed for Ö10 processedfish products collected from supermarkets in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The similarity between our results and published data from theNCBI and BOLD was compared to identify species. This molecular analysis showed that the common names of only 4 ofthese products matched with their corresponding scientific names. The other six were mislabeled with an importantmislabeling from P. hypophthalmus into P. boucourti. Although no commercial frauds were found in these mislabelledproducts, the correct scientific names of fish species should be labelled for the processed products as they are in supermarkets.