Document of dataset 3442

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
Description in English
The original dataset, provided by AfrOBIS, contains all distribution records. The dataset in OBIS Seamap is a subset of the original dataset, only containing marine mammal, seabird and/or sea turtle records.
Abstract in English
The iziko South African Museum has a comprehensive holdings comprising of identified bony and cartilaginous fish, mostly from Cape waters, but extending to Angola and Mozambique and the Southern, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It currently contains 15048 records of 293 families.
Rights
Restricted

Geographical coverage

Spatial
A, Atlantic
ISW, Indian Ocean
PS, Southern Ocean

Themes

theme
Biology > Fish

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Cetacea
Pisces

Ownerships

contributor
iziko South African Museum
contactPoint
Leonard Compagno
contactPoint
iziko South African Museum

Dataset references

record
African Ocean Biodiversity Information System
record
Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations

Document metadata

date created
2012-11-20
date modified
2016-06-29