FishBase [SEP] editor
pyramids, identification keys, biogeographical modelling and fishery statistics and there are direct species level links to information in other databases such as LarvalBase, GenBank, the IUCN Red List and the Catalog of Fishes.
, FishBase included descriptions of 34,000 species and subspecies, 323,200 common names in almost 300 languages, 58,900 pictures, and references to 55,300 works in the scientific literature. The site has about 700,000 unique visitors per month.
History.
The origins of FishBase go back to the 1970s, when the fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly
phylogeny of this group of moderately advanced Teleostei is in need of further study.
References.
- Diogo, Rui (2008): On the cephalic and pectoral girdle muscles of the deep sea fish "Alepocephalus rostratus", with comments on the functional morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Alepocephaloidei (Teleostei). "Anim. Biol." 58(1): 23-29.
- FishBase (2000): Order Ateleopodiformes. Version of 2000-OCT-17. Retrieved 2009-SEP-28.
- Glare, P.G.W. (ed.) (