MarBEF Data System

Fishbase Version 2000 [Fishbase Versie 2000]

Citation

Froese, R. And D. Pauly, eds., Fishbase. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources (ICLARM), Manila, Philippines, Version: Fishbase2000 (21 aug. 2004),, database, http://www.fishbase.org. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/42

Contact: Froese, Rainer

Access data

Archived data

Also accessible through:

www.fishbase.org/search.cfm

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

Global information system on fishes, including key information on all fish taxa. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. more

FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. The FishBase 2000 CD-ROM contains full information on 25,000 species and comes on 4 CD-ROMS.

Scope

Themes:

Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Biogeography, Fish, Fishery biology, Taxonomy, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, World Waters, Pisces

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -45; MinLat: 26 - MaxLong: 68,8056; MaxLat: 86,0167 [WGS84]

World Waters [Marine Regions]

Taxonomic coverage

Pisces [WoRMS]

Parameters

General biology
Taxonomy

Contributors

Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR), more, data manager

Froese, Rainer

University of British Columbia; Fisheries Centre, more, data manager

Pauly, Daniel

Worldfish Center, data owner

Related datasets

Published in:

AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Previous version:

Fishbase Version 1996, more

Following version:

FishBase, more

Project

FishBase

Publication

Describing this dataset

Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (Ed.) (2000). FishBase 2000: Concepts, design and data sources. ICLARM Contribution, 1594. ICLARM: Los Baños. ISBN 971-8709-99-1. XVII, 344 pp.

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Literature research

Release date: 2004-08-21

Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10

Information last updated: 2013-08-12

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