Project of a software catalog of skeletal elements from Antarctic fish species, including some identification facilities

In our study skeletal elements from fish species of the Antarctic waters were extracted by bioenzyme and compared with the aim to provide a computer supported identification system, including a database of bone pictures and in the near future various identification keys as well, completed by a simple tool to compare the same skeletal elements of different species. In the database most of the skeletal elements of the cranial and axial skeleton (apart from a few bones of the neurocranium) are represented by pictures, otoliths and vertebrae included. Furthermore cooperation with other institutions is needed to extend the existing work.