MarBEF Data System

iziko South African Museum - Shark collection

Citation

iziko South African Museum, South Africa Shark Collection. AfrOBIS, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/1977

Access data

Archived data

Availability:

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description

This collection has global holdings. It includes numerous representatives of eight of the shark groups, most representatives of the Batoids and Chimaeras, including rare species. Significant material is being acquired from, fisheries research and tooth fish long-lining and fishing company by-catches.

Lineage

Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Fish

Keywords:

Marine/Coastal · Fresh water · Brackish water · Terrestrial · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · Museum collections · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · Sharks · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · World Oceans · XYZ ASCII · Pisces

Geographical coverage

EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations

Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -42,9167; MinLat: 31,85 - MaxLong: 26,2467; MaxLat: 60,335 [WGS84]

World Oceans [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage

26 April 1979 - 11 June 1991 (EurOBIS harvested data)

Taxonomic coverage

Pisces [WoRMS]

Contributor

iziko South African Museum, data owner

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