The main objective of this database is to compile and publish high-quality, georeferenced information on the distribution of inland fish from the Argentine Republic. It has fields of information of various types: systematic and conservation status (23 fields), geographical (16), literature (12), georeferencing and associated quality (12), and collection (3). It currently has 19,000 records of nearly 550 valid native and 24 exotic species, which were scattered across 800 scientific publications and museum collections. 30% of the records correspond to specimens while the rest of the records are observational.
short description of the dataset/summary (original/national language):
El objetivo central de esta base de datos es compilar y publicar información, georreferenciada y de alta calidad, sobre la distribución de los peces de aguas continentales de la República Argentina. Posee campos de información de diversos tipos: de sistemática y status de conservación (23 campos), geográficos (16), de bibliografía (12), de georreferenciación y calidad asociada (12), y de colección (3). Actualmente cuenta con unos 19.000 registros de casi 550 especies nativas y 24 exóticas válidas, que se encontraban dispersos en más de 800 publicaciones científicas y varias colecciones de museos. Un 30% de los registros corresponden a especímenes mientras que el resto de los registros son observacionales.
The dataset needs to be requested from dataset creator with specific conditions of use.
other/additional criteria:
Certain fields of the dataset are available in a website (www.pecesargentina.com.ar), free of charge, with prior login. A distribution map for the selected species is shown.
Users can request more data by contacting infobasepecesarg@gmail.com.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Liotta, J.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Base de datos de peces de aguas continentales de Argentina. Published on: http://www.peceargentina.com.ar. Accessed on [dd/mm/yyyy].
year:
2019
citation of the metadata:
author(s):
Liotta J.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Geographical distribution database of freshwater fishes from Argentina. Freshwater Metadata Journal 47: 1-5
year:
2020
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2020.47
dataset related references:
reference 1:
author(s):
Liotta, J.
title:
Distribución geográfica de los peces de aguas continentales de la República Argentina, PROBIOTA Serie Documentos N° 3, FCNyM, UNLP - Fundación Óga - Museo de Ciencias Naturales Rvdo. P. Antonio Scasso, 701 pp, Buenos Aires.
The sites are defined here concatenating decimal latitude and decimal longitude. Locality, province, water body, basin, etc. are completed for each record.
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2019. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: genera, species, references. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 13 dec 2019.
GIS layers of species and higher taxa can be prepared. They are not available.
availability of photos:
yes
availability of maps:
yes
quality control procedures:
Were any quality control procedures applied to your dataset?
yes
quality control protocols and comments:
- Taxonomic validation (Fricke et al., 2019)
- Georeference validation (checked with Google Earth)
- Maximum Uncertainty Estimation (georeference calculator)
reference(s):
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2019. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: genera, species, references. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 13 dec 2019.
http://41.242.99.131/sigcalc/source/gci2.html (leads to a Georeferencing calculator, provided by the Department of Computer Science and Applied Electronics of the National Center for Industrial and Technological Research of Madagascar)
