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FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications.
Key facts
- Biodatabase.title
- FishBase
- Biodatabase.logo
- File:FishBase logo.gif
- Biodatabase.description
- A large and extensively accessed biological database about fish
- Biodatabase.scope
- Comprehensive species data, including taxonomy, biometrics, behaviour, distribution, habitats and photos
- Biodatabase.organism
- Adult fish species (finfish)
- Biodatabase.center
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, FishBase Consortium coordinator
- Biodatabase.author
- Daniel Pauly, Rainer Froese
- Biodatabase.standalone
- Historic versions available on CD
- Biodatabase.license
- CC-BY-NC for data; various levels of licensing for media files (pictures, sounds, ...) to be checked case by case
- Biodatabase.versioning
- Every even month of the year
- Biodatabase.frequency
- Continuously updated
- Biodatabase.curation
- FishBase Consortium
- Biodatabase.bookmark
- Yes
- Biodatabase.version
- Latest version: 04/2025
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- History
- Organization
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications.
FishBase provides comprehensive species data, including information on taxonomy, geographical distribution, biometrics and morphology, behaviour and habitats, ecology and population dynamics as well as reproductive, metabolic and genetic data. There is access to tools such as trophic pyramids, identification keys, biogeographical modelling and fishery statistics and there are direct species level links to information in other databases such as LarvalBase, GenBank, the IUCN Red List and the Catalog of Fishes.