Repository details

Fishbase

Name of repository
Fishbase
Repository URL
https://www.fishbase.org/home.htm
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
  • fishbase@fin.ph
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:nlx_39009
  • RRID:SCR_004376
  • OMICS_14884
Repository size
34.000 species; 323.200 common names; 58.900 pictures; 55.300 References references; 2.310 collaborators
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.fishbase.org/home.htm
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
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02j61yw88
Country
Greece
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Additional name(s)
  • CAFS
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02bwk9n38
Country
China
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
European Commission
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:00k4n6c32
Country
European Union
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
FishBase Information and Research Group, Incorporated
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:005f16662
Contact(s)
Country
Philippines
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
GEOMAR
Additional name(s)
  • GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
  • GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02h2x0161
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle
Additional name(s)
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • MNHN
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:03wkt5x30
Country
France
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Additional name(s)
  • Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika
  • Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:001805t51
Country
Belgium
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Additional name(s)
  • Naturhistoriska riskmuseet
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:05k323c76
Country
Sweden
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
WorldFish Center
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:04bd4pk40
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Tips to make best use of FishBase
Policy Name
Disclaimer and copyrights

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
CC
DataLicense
Copyrights

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
https://www.fishbase.de/summary/citation.php
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
unknown

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
REST

Remarks

Entry date
2014-08-13
Last update
2020-08-26
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re3data.org: Fishbase; editing status 2020-08-26; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3MW57 last accessed: 2023-11-30