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Description | A large and extensively accessed biological database about fishes of Bangladesh |
Data types captured | Comprehensive species data, including taxonomy, biometrics, behaviour, distribution, morphometrics, broodstock, spawning, nursery behaviour, prey and predators, geographical distribution, techniques for rearing, habitats and photos. |
Organisms | Fish species (finfish) |
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Research center | Aquatic Biodiversity Lab. Department of Fisheries University of Rajshahi Bangladesh |
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Website | www |
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License | CC-BY-NC for data; various levels of licensing for media files (pictures, sounds, ...) to be checked case by case |
Data release frequency | Continuously updated |
Bookmarkable entities | Yes |
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home (BdFISH) is a global online database of information about fish species of Bangladesh. It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on fishes of Bangladesh on the web. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool", widely cited in fisheries educational institutions of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home provides comprehensive data, including information such as identification keys, broodstock, spawning, nursery behaviour, prey and predators, and growth stages, geographical distribution, biometrics and morphology, behaviour and habitats, ecology and population dynamics as well as reproductive, metabolic and genetic data on fishes of Bangladesh. It also includes information of specific interest to aquaculturists and techniques for rearing fish and other aquatic organisms of commercial importance of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home included descriptions in multilingual 2 languages and aims to include all the key data on fishes of Bangladesh, with an emphasis on standardizing the data, making it easy to extract and combine data with other data, and offering powerful presentation tools.