Fishbase.org
Also known as fishbase
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