Swiss National Fish Databank

Occurrence
Latest version published by Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch on Mar 6, 2025 Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch

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Description

This dataset includes records of the Actinopterygii and Cephalaspidomorphi pro parte (Acipenseridae, Anguillidae, Blenniidae, Centrarchidae, Clupeidae, Cobitidae, Coregonidae, Cottidae, Cyprinidae, Esocidae, Gadinae, Gasterosteidae, Gobiidae, Ictaluridae, Percidae, Petromyzontidae, Salmonidae, Siluridae, Thymallidae) from Switzerland and the adjacent area. Data sources include museum and private collections, literature, field observations provided by volunteer collaborators, environmental impact studies, national inventories (Red List strategy), cantonal inventories and academic work. The period covered by the data extends from 1817 to the present day. All data provided have been subject to a validation procedure, delegated to associated specialists.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 71,211 records.

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 98436813-7443-41cf-ae89-c53d199af8d0.  Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Switzerland.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Blaise Zaugg
  • Originator
Maxime Chèvre
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
info fauna
Av. de Bellevaux 51
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
CH

Geographic Coverage

Switzerland and adjacent area

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.818, 5.956], North East [47.808, 10.492]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Cephalaspidomorphi, Actinopterygii
Order Acipenseriformes, Gadiformes, Salmoniformes, Scorpaeniformes, Perciformes, Gasterosteiformes, Anguilliformes, Esociformes, Petromyzontiformes, Clupeiformes, Siluriformes
Family Cottidae, Percidae, Thymallidae, Cobitidae, Ictaluridae, Esocidae, Gasterosteidae, Blenniidae, Anguillidae, Erebidae, Coregonidae, Acipenseridae, Siluridae, Petromyzontidae, Gobiidae, Centrarchidae, Salmonidae, Cyprinidae, Clupeidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1814-06-27 / 2024-06-28

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 98436813-7443-41cf-ae89-c53d199af8d0
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