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Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity

Dataset homepage

Citation

Coetzer W (2022). Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity. Version 1.64. The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pv7vds accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-23.

Description

Specimen-records (of physical specimens) of fishes, mostly from southern Africa and surrounding oceans, but also from elsewhere in the world.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Actinopterygii
    rank: class
  2. Cephalasipomorphi
    rank: class
  3. Cephalochordata
    rank: class
  4. Dipnoi
    rank: class
  5. Elasmobranchii
    rank: class
  6. Myxini
    rank: class
  7. Sarcopterygii
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Willem Coetzer
originator
position: Biodiversity Information Manager
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Somerset Street
Grahamstown
6139
Eastern cape
ZA
Telephone: +27466035841
email: w.coetzer@saiab.ac.za
homepage: http://www.saiab.ac.za
Willem Coetzer
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Information Manager
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Somerset Street
Grahamstown
6139
Eastern cape
ZA
Telephone: +27466035841
email: w.coetzer@saiab.ac.za
homepage: http://www.saiab.ac.za
Willem Coetzer
user
position: Biodiversity Information Manager
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Somerset Street
Grahamstown
6139
Eastern cape
ZA
Telephone: +27466035841
email: w.coetzer@saiab.ac.za
homepage: http://www.saiab.ac.za
Willem Coetzer
administrative point of contact
position: Biodiversity Information Manager
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Somerset Street
Grahamstown
6139
Eastern cape
ZA
Telephone: +27466035841
email: w.coetzer@saiab.ac.za
homepage: http://www.saiab.ac.za
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