Repository details
Fishbase
Name of repository
Fishbase
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
Fishbase is a global species database and encyclopedia of over 30,000 species and subspecies of fishes that is searchable by common name, genus, species, geography, family, ecosystem, references literature, tools, etc. Links to other, related databases such as the Catalog of Fishes, GenBack, and LarvalBase. Associated with a partner journal, Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. With mirror sites in English, German, French Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swedish, Chinese and Arabian language.
Contact(s)
- administrative: fishbase@q-quatics.org
Keyword(s)
Repository size
35.600 species; 329.500 common names; 64.000 pictures; 61.700 References references; 2.520 collaborators
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
- Spanish; Castilian
- Portuguese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Dutch
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Indonesian
- Greek, Modern
- Swedish
- Russian
- Persian
- Vietnamese
- Thai
- Lao
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Arabic
- Malayalam
- Tamil
- Marathi
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Gujarati
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (11)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- CAFS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- GEOMAR
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- National Museum of Natural History
- MNHN
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Q-quatics
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika
- Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Naturhistoriska riskmuseet
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- IOF
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- feeRequired
Data licenses (2)
DataLicense
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- MySQL
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
yes
Remarks
Entry date
2014-08-13
Last update
2024-11-21
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re3data.org: Fishbase; editing status 2024-11-21; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3MW57 last accessed: 2025-04-23- Current projects
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