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identifier: {}
title: FishBase
alias: FishBase
description: 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 in collaboration with many colleagues and institutions around the world. The
  team was previously hosted in WorldFish since the start in 1990 (formerly ICLARM
  then called WorldFish Center between 2001-2013, and now WorldFish since 2013). 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.
issued: 2018-02-15
version: Feb 2018
contact:
  given: Nicolas
  family: Bailly
  email: bailly@zoology.ubc.ca
editor:
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  given: Rainer
  family: Froese
  organisation: Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research
  city: Kiel
  country: DE
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  given: Daniel
  family: Pauly
  department: Fisheries Centre
  organisation: University of British Columbia
  city: Vancouver
  country: CA
contributor:
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  organisation: Quantitative Aquatics (Q-quatics)
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  organisation: WorldFish
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  organisation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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  organisation: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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  organisation: Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA)
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  organisation: Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM)
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  organisation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
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  organisation: Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science (CAFS)
taxonomicScope: Fishes
geographicScope: Global
confidence: 4
completeness: 99
license: cc by
url: http://www.fishbase.org
logo: https://github.com/Sp2000/colplus-repo/raw/master/logos/FishBase.png
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