FishBase Database
type: Dataset
distribution: Landing page for the dataset
description: FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on fin-fishes. From its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species, FishBase has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data reaching back to 250 years. At present, FishBase covers >35,000 fish species compiled from >59,200 references in partnership with 2,480 collaborators, >325,700 common names and >61,700 pictures. The breadth and depth of information in the database, combined with the analytical and graphical tools available in the web, cater to different needs of diverse groups of stakeholders (scientists, researchers, policy makers, fisheries managers, donors, conservationists, teachers and students). Its various applications aim for sustainable fisheries management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. FishBase is currently hosted by the Quantitative Aquatics, Incorporated (Q-quatics), a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization engaged in the development and management of global databases on aquatic organisms, including their distribution and ecology. It is scientifically guided by a Consortium of 12 international members.
modified: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
issued: 2010-05-03T00:00:00Z
publisher: GBIF Sweden
qualified attribution: Attribution
  had role: principalInvestigator
  agent: Michael Norén
    type: Agent
    type: PrivateIndividual(s)
keyword: Occurrence
keyword: Specimen
keyword: OCCURRENCE
language: ENG

Landing page for the dataset
type: Distribution
title: Landningssida för datasetet @sv
access URL: FishBase Database
availability: stable

GBIF Sweden
type: Agent
name: GBIF Sverige @sv
type: Academia-ScientificOrganisation