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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

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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)data manager
Froese, Rainer
University of British Columbia; Fisheries Centredata manager
Pauly, Daniel
Worldfish Centerdata owner

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
Previous version:
Fishbase Version 1996
Following version:
FishBase

Project
FishBase

Publication
Describing this dataset
Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (Ed.) (2000). FishBase 2000: Concepts, design and data sources. ICLARM Contribution, 1594. ICLARM: Los BaƱos. 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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