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South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
Citation
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/3772

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Description
National Fish Collection of the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB). more

The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) is a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF). It was formerly known as the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, the Scientific 'home' of the Coelacanth. Their National Fish Collection is the largest collection of southern African fish anywhere in the world. It is the largest fish collection in Africa and the second largest in the southern hemisphere, and is included in FISHBASE. This dataset has been updated in August 2009.

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal

Contributors
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), moredata owner

Related datasets
Published in:
AfrOBIS: African Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2012-12-11
Information last updated: 2012-12-11
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