FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes

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href="https://www.q-quatics.org/affiliated-projects/#partners" target="_blank">Partners</a> </li>  <li> <form name="mailx_$i" method='post' action='https://www.fishbase.us/mail/MailForm.php'> <?php $pagefrom = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";?> <input type="hidden" name="code" value="26"> <input type="hidden" name="pagefrom" value='Home page'> <a href="javascript:document.mailx_$i.submit()">E-mail Us</a> </form> </li> <li> <strong>HELP FISHBASE</strong> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <a href="/donate/donate.php">Donate to FishBase</a> </li> <li> <a href="/Sponsors.htm">Sponsor-a-Fish</a> </li> <li> <a href="/order.htm">Ordering FishBase</a> </li> <li> <strong>DEEPER IN FISHBASE</strong> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <a href="/manual/French/index.htm">FishBase 99 Book, French</a> </li> <li> <a href="/manual/Portuguese/contents.htm">FishBase 97 Book, Portuguese</a> </li> <li> <a href="/manual/Spanish/contents.htm">FishBase 99 Book, Spanish</a> </li> <li> <a href="/manual/english/contents.htm">FishBase Book 2000</a> </li> <li> <strong>DATABASE</strong> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <a href="http://fishbase.org/search.php">Search FishBase</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.fishbase.us/LarvalBase/search.php">Search LarvalBase</a> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <small>REGIONAL DATABASE:</small> </li> <li> <a href="/search.php?region=americas">FishBase for Americas</a> </li> <li> <a href="/tools/region/FB4Africa/FB4Africa.html">FishBase for Africa</a> </li> <li> <a href="/search.php?region=redsea&lang=Arabic">FishBase for the Red Sea</a> </li> <li> <a href="/higharcs/search.php?region=higharcs">FishBase for HighARCS</a> </li> <li> <a href="/search.php?region=europe">FishBase for Europe</a> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <a href="/trophic/Default.htm">Food Web Data</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/database/id/10">FishBase in Catalogue of Life</a> </li> <li> <a href="/rellinks.php">Useful Links</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="large-9 columns"> <img align=right alt="FishBase 2000" src="/images/jpgs/hp_dvd.jpg" width="300" title="FishBase Book and DVD" style="margin-left:5px;"> <img src="/images/gifs/FBLogo_new.gif" height="80" width="229" alt="" /> <h5 class="subheader"> <a href="http://fishbase.org/">A Global Information System on Fishes</a> </h5> <p> <strong>W</strong>elcome to the world of fishes! <br> FishBase is a global biodiversity information system on finfishes. Its initial goal to provide key facts on population dynamics for 200 major commercial species has now grown to having a wide range of information on all species currently known in the world: taxonomy, biology, trophic ecology, life history, and uses, as well as historical data reaching back to 250 years. </p> <p> At present, FishBase covers >33,000 fish species compiled from >52,000 references in partnership with >2,000 collaborators: >300,000 common names and >55,000 pictures. Our website gathers more than 700,000 visits monthly. </p> <p> The breadth and depth of information in the database, combined with the analytical and graphical tools available in the web, cater to different needs of diverse groups of stakeholders (scientists, researchers, policy makers, fisheries managers, donors, conservationists, teachers and students). Its various applications aim for sustainable fisheries management, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. </p> <p> FishBase is currently hosted by the <a href="https://q-quatics.org">Quantitative Aquatics, Incorporated</a> (Q-quatics), a non-stock, non-profit, non-governmental organization engaged in the development and management of global databases on aquatic organisms, including their distribution and ecology. It is scientifically guided by a Consortium of 12 international members (see below). </p> <a href="/donate/donate.php">SUPPORT FISHBASE</a> - DONATE <p> With the help of >2,000 collaborators we update the database daily (internally), and bimonthly on the website. FishBase provides the database and web interface for free for 25 years thanks to a full-time dedicated team. However, we lack recurrent funding to maintain the information system up to date both in content and technological innovation. We gratefully acknowledge financial contribution to continue the service of this open resource. </p> <p> Data statistics as of October 2015 <center> <img src="/images/png/fishbase_graph.PNG" alt="" /> </center> <table> <tr> <td>33,230</td> <td>Species</td> <td>species-group taxa; 59 species have 95 subspecies 33,125 species</td> </tr> <tr> <td>94,647</td> <td>Synonyms</td> <td>“synonyms” [88,015 names + 7,260 misidentifications]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>306,369</td> <td>Common names</td> <td>common names in 344 languages for 253 “countries”</td> </tr> <tr> <td>184,552</td> <td>Reports in countries</td> <td>for 293 “countries”</td> </tr> <tr> <td>135,276</td> <td>Reports in ecosystems</td> <td>for 434 “ecosystems” [+505 in progress]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>60,147</td> <td>Reports in FAO areas</td> <td>26 areas [continents and large ocean basins]</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19,130</td> <td>Species with morphology</td> <td>morphological descriptions</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1,668</td> <td>Identification keys</td> <td>for 8,205 species</td> </tr> <tr> <td>56,557</td> <td>Images</td> <td>photos, drawings, ... for 18,999 species</td> </tr> <tr> <td>52,100</td> <td>References</td> <td>bibliographic references [633,798 citation of names] </td> </tr> <tr> <td>~3 million </td> <td>Records in total</td> <td>in >200 tables (~60 main)</td> </tr> </table> </p> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <div class="panel"> <h5><img src="/images/jpgs/fb_dvd_2013.jpg" width="30" alt="" /> FishBase 2013</h5> <hr /> <p> <strong>FishBase</strong> is also available on DVD, a static version in a web-based interface, with data as of early 2013 (1st quarter), full information on 32,500 species. It comes together with the FishBase 2000 book and can be ordered for 100 US$ including air-mail. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <div class="panel"> <h5> <img src="/images/png/forum.png" width="30" alt="" /> Fish Forum </h5> <hr /> <p> Are you looking for a particular piece of information? Ask colleagues/experts through the  <a href="facebooklinks.php" target="_blank">Fish Forum</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <div class="panel"> <h5> <img src="/images/png/teamwork.png" alt="" width="30" /> Be a Collaborator! </h5> <hr /> <p> Interested in becoming our collaborator? Find out how to be a <a href="../collabor.htm">FishBase collaborator.</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-6 columns"> <div class="panel"> <h5> <img src="/images/png/images.png" alt="" width="30" /> We're Fishing for Fish Photos </h5> <hr /> <p> We are looking for fish photos. Learn how to become a collaborator by <a href="/contribu.htm">contributing pictures</a> to FishBase See <a href="report/MissingDataList.php?what=pictures">complete list of missing pictures.</a> Or <a href="Download/MissingPicsList.txt">download TXT file.</a> </p> </div> <div class="panel"> <h5> <img src="/images/png/blog.PNG" alt="" />  <a href="http://artedi.nrm.se/FishBlog/">The FishBase Blog</a> </h5> </div> </div> <div class="large-6 columns"> <div class="panel"> <h5> <img src="/images/png/measure.png" width="30" alt="" /> <div style="float: right;width: 270px;">We're Fishing for Maximum Lengths</div> </h5> <hr /> <p> We are looking for reported maximum length in literature. Please help us by providing references, preferably in PDF format.Technical reports and documents are appreciated as well.  See <a href="report/MissingDataList.cfm?what=maxlength"> complete list of species for which we are missing maximum length. </a> Or  <a href="Download/MissingMaxLengthList.txt">download TXT file.</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns text-center"> <h3>Scientific Advisors</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-8 large-offset-2 columns"> <div class="thumbnail"> <div class="image"> <img src="/images/jpgs/ConsortiumMembersMap2021.jpg" style="margin-bottom:5%;" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-2 large-offset-1 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.worldfishcenter.org/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/worldfishcenter_NEW.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>WorldFish</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.fao.org/fishery/en" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/Fao1.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.geomar.de/en/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/Geomar.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.seaaroundus.org/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/GFC_UBC.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Global Fisheries Cluster - University of British Columbia</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns end text-center"> <a href="http://www.mnhn.fr/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/NewMNHNBlack.jpg" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle</small> </a> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-2 large-offset-1 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.africamuseum.be/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/AfricaMuseum-H-Black.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Royal Museum for Central Africa,Tervuren</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.nrm.se/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/logga.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Swedish Museum of Natural History</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://fishlab.bio.auth.gr" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/auth_New.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://english.cafs.ac.cn" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/cafs.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns end text-center"> <a href="http://www.ufs.br" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/ufs.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Universidade Federal de Sergipe</small> </a> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-2 large-offset-3 columns text-center"> <a href="https://www.uwa.edu.au/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs//UWA.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:3%;"/> <br /> <small>University of Western Australia</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="https://www.swims.hku.hk/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/swims.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:3%;"/> <br /> <small>The Swire Institute of Marine Science</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns end text-center"> <a href="https://q-quatics.org" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/qq3.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Quantitative Aquatics, Incorporated</small> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns text-center"> <h3><a id="Donors"></a>Donors</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-2 large-offset-1 columns text-center"> <a href="https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/Ec2.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>European Commission</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/ichthyology" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/Caslogo1.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>California Academy of Sciences</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.frdc.com.au/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/frdc.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Fisheries Research & Development Corporation</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/brs.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Bureau of Rural Sciences, Australia</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns end text-center"> <a href="http://www.igfa.org/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/igfa.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>International Gamefish Association</small> </a> </div> </div> <br /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-2 large-offset-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.coml.org/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/CoML_Logo.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Census of Marine Life</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.bmbf.de/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/bmbf.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>BMBF Förderkennzeichen: 03F0311A</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/landesregierung.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Schleswig Holstein</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-2 columns end text-center"> <a href="http://www.enbi.info/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/logoenbi2.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>ENBI European Network for Biodiversity Information</small> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns"> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns text-center"> <h3>Awards</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-3 columns text-center"> <a href="http://ipscience.thomsonreuters.com/product/web-of-science"> <img src="/images/gifs/websel.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>ISI Current Web Content</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-3 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/sw_award.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>StudyWeb® Academic Excellence Award</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-3 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.studyweb.com/" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/award_studysphere.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Award of Excellence: Study Sphere</small> </a> </div> <div class="large-3 columns text-center"> <a href="http://www.linksgiving.com/award/welcome.htm" target='_blank'> <img src="/images/gifs/weeklylinkaward.gif" alt="" style="margin-bottom:5%;"/> <br /> <small>Weekly Link Award (July 2008)</small> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="large-12 columns text-center"> <hr /> <small> <a href="http://www.fishbase.org/WebUseAll.php">FishBase Web Stats</a> </small> <br /> <br /> <small> For comments contact <a href="collaborators/CollaboratorSummary.php?ID=321">Webmaster</a> </small> <br /> <br />  </div> </div> <script src="/jquery/foundation_js/foundation.min.js"></script> <script>$(document).foundation();</script> </body> </html>

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FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes