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Otoliths Reference Collection. CBMR-AFORO (ICM-CSIC)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Chic Ò, Manjabacas A, Guerrero E, Lombarte A (2023). Otoliths Reference Collection. CBMR-AFORO (ICM-CSIC). Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/wdwxid accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-19.

Description

This collection is a catalogue of the otolith part of the CBMR (ICM-CSIC) and associated to the data base AFORO. The database is regularly updated and at present (2023) it contains a total of 7905 high resolution images corresponding to 2716 species from 274 families at the CBMR of the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) from worldwide, especially in Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Antarctic and Namibian waters. Also, AFORO shows images from diverse atlases of otoliths (Rivaton & Bourret 1999; Leopold, van Damme, Philippart & Winter 2001; Campana 2004; Tuset, Lombarte & Assis 2008; Lin & Chang 201; Sadighzadeh, Tuset, Dadpour, Otero-Ferrer, Lombarte 2012; Volpedo, Thompson & Avigliano 2017). AFORO website (http://aforo.cmima.csic.es/) offers an online open catalogue of otolith images and its associated shape analysis through pattern recognition techniques applying wavelet analysis (WT), elliptic Fourier analysis (EFA) and classical morphometries, including relationship with fish length. The website also includes an Automatic Taxon Identification that allows to search and identify directly using query images of otoliths. The data base also is associated with Fishbase and Osteobase datbases. More information about the catalogue is here: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/192

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Acipenseriformes
    rank: order
  2. Albuliformes
    rank: order
  3. Anguilliformes
    rank: order
  4. Argentiniformes
    rank: order
  5. Atheriniformes
    rank: order
  6. Aulopiformes
    rank: order
  7. Batrachoidiformes
    rank: order
  8. Beloniformes
    rank: order
  9. Beryciformes
    rank: order
  10. Characiformes
    rank: order
  11. Clupeiformes
    rank: order
  12. Cypriniformes
    rank: order
  13. Cyprinodontiformes
    rank: order
  14. Elopiformes
    rank: order
  15. Gadiformes
    rank: order
  16. Gasterosteiformes
    rank: order
  17. Gasterostiformes
    rank: order
  18. Gonorynchiformes
    rank: order
  19. Lampridiformes
    rank: order
  20. Lophiiformes
    rank: order
  21. Mugiliformes
    rank: order
  22. Myctophiformes
    rank: order
  23. Ophidiiformes
    rank: order
  24. Osmeriformes
    rank: order
  25. Osteoglossiformes
    rank: order
  26. Perciformes
    rank: order
  27. Pleuronectiformes
    rank: order
  28. Polymixiiformes
    rank: order
  29. Salmoniformes
    rank: order
  30. Scorpaeniformes
    rank: order
  31. Siluriformes
    rank: order
  32. Stephanoberyciformes
    rank: order
  33. Stomiiformes
    rank: order
  34. Tetraodontiformes
    rank: order
  35. Zeiformes
    rank: order
  36. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  37. Chordata
    rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Species and families from the Mediterranean Sea, Antarctic Ocean (Weddell Sea, Ross Sea, Antarctic Peninsula), Atlantic Ocean (Argentina, Uruguay, South-western Islands, Gulf of Mexico, USA, Canada, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Ireland Sea, Cantabric Sea, Portugal, Madeira, Canary Islands, Morocco, Cabo Verde, Senegal, Gabon, Namibia), Indic Ocean (Madagascar, Tanzania, Red Sea, Iran) and Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Muroroa, Peru, Ecuador, Canada, Alaska).

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Òscar Chic
originator
position: Data Science Lab Manager
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: ochic@icm.csic.es
homepage: http://www.icm.csic.es/
Amalia Manjabacas
originator
position: Technician
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: manjabacas@icm.csic.es
homepage: http://www.icm.csic.es/
Elena Guerrero
originator
position: Curator
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37.
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: cbr@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://cbr.icm.csic.es/en
Antoni Lombarte
metadata author
position: Researcher
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: toni@icm.csic.es
homepage: http://www.icm.csic.es/
Amalia Manjabacas
metadata author
position: Technician
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: manjabacas@icm.csic.es
homepage: http://www.icm.csic.es/
Elena Guerrero
metadata author
position: Curator
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37.
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: cbr@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://cbr.icm.csic.es/en
Amalia Manjabacas
administrative point of contact
position: Technician
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: manjabacas@icm.csic.es
homepage: http://www.icm.csic.es/
Elena Guerrero
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49.
Barcelona
E-08003
Barcelona
ES
Telephone: +34 93 230 95 00
email: cbr@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://cbr.icm.csic.es/en
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-6648
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