Document of dataset 42

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
Fishbase Version 2000
title in nl
Fishbase Versie 2000
Description in English
FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. The FishBase 2000 CD-ROM contains full information on 25,000 species and comes on 4 CD-ROMS.
Abstract in English
Global information system on fishes, including key information on all fish taxa. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
Froese, R. And D. Pauly, eds., Fishbase. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources (ICLARM), Manila, Philippines, Version: Fishbase2000 (21 aug. 2004),, database, http://www.fishbase.org
Version
2000
Release date
Aug 21 2004 12:00AM

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1800-01-01
End date
2003-07-01

Geographical coverage

Spatial
World Oceans

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Bio-geographical regions
Biogeography
Biota
Environment
EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Fish
Fishery biology
Geoscientific Information
Habitats and biotopes
Metadata non conformant
Metadata not evaluated
No limitations to public access
Oceans
Sea regions
Taxonomy
WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
World Waters
XYZ ASCII

Themes

theme
Biology
Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Biology > Fish

Taxonomic terms

Taxon keywords
Pisces

Ownerships

contributor
Rainer Froese
contributor
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences
contributor
Daniel Pauly
contributor
Fisheries Centre
contributor
Worldfish Center
contactPoint
Rainer Froese
contactPoint
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences

Publication references

related reference
Describing this dataset /id/publication/18277

Dataset references

replaces
Fishbase Version 1996
record
Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System
record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
replaces
FishBase

Projects

was generated by
- FishBase

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
Belgian marine datasets
EMODNET
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Document metadata

date created
2004-05-10
date modified
2026-01-26