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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
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, 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), XYZ ASCII, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, World Oceans, Pisces
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -42,9167; MinLat: 31,85 - MaxLong: 26,2467; MaxLat: 60,335 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: -42,9167; MinLat: 31,85 - MaxLong: 26,2467; MaxLat: 60,335 [WGS84]
World Oceans [Marine Regions]
Taxonomic coverage
Pisces [WoRMS]
Contributor
iziko South African Museum, more, data owner
Related datasets
Published in:
AfrOBIS: African Ocean Biodiversity Information System
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
URLs
Dataset information:
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Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Museum collection
Release date: 2009-05-29
Metadatarecord created: 2009-06-09
Information last updated: 2025-03-26