Database details
| Full name: | FishBase NEW! |
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| Short name: | FishBase |
| Version: | Jan 2012 |
| Release date: | 2012-01-10 |
| Authors/editors: | Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Chordata - Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Myxini, Sarcopterygii |
| English name of the group: | Fishes |
| Number of species: | 32,018 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 407 |
| Number of synonyms: | 59,161 |
| Number of common names: | 265,054 |
| Total number of names: | 356,640 |
| Abstract: | FishBase is a global information system with extensive information on all species and subspecies of fish. In addition to the data contributed to the Catalogue of Life, the original FishBase database also includes descriptive, biological, ecological, physiological and conservation data and more, and onward links to information in many other databases. Data entry and maintenance is done mainly at the FishBase Information and Research Group, Inc. (FIN) in the Philippines since the 1st January 2011 (was at ICLARM now called WorldFish Center since the start in 1990), in collaboration with many colleagues and institutions in the world. FishBase is supported by a Consortium of nine institutions around the world that acts as the Scientific Committee for FIN. FishBase is funded mainly by the European Commission, and by several other donors. FishBase uses data and information from the Catalog of Fishes (CofF) developed by W.N. Eschmeyer at the California Academy of Science. In particular, FishBase uses CofF as the most complete and up-to-date fish nomenclator, and as a taxonomic authority list in a collaborative work of synchronization of the two databases. |
| Organization: | FIN; WorldFish Center; FAO; IFM-GEOMAR; MNHN; RMCA; NRM; FC-UBC; AUTH; CAFS |
| Website: |
http://www.fishbase.org |