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Name: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) fish collection specimens Description: Specimen collection records from African waters, housed at SAIAB Source: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Acknowledgement - Please acknowledge the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity Data: SAIAB marine fish collection data (zipped shapefile)

Name: Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA) Description: MASDEA is a biogeographic/taxonomic database of marine species (including fishes) in the Western Indian Ocean/East Africa. The database was originally developed by Edward Vanden Berghe while working as project manager of the RECOSCIX-WIO project in Mombasa, and now maintained as a collaborative venture between the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) and VLIZ. Source: Vlaams Instituut Voor de Zee Data: MASDEA database (zipped shapefile)

In addition to SAIAB and MASDEA, the African Marine Atlas project is developing partnerships with other providers of fish data. Important links for fishes are provided below, to be investigated independently for distribution records of individual species.

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Title: Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Author: Census of Marine Life (CoML) Data type: GIS global information on marine species Description: "OBIS is a web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on marine species. We contain expert species level and habitat level databases and provide a variety of spatial query tools for visualizing relationships among species and their environment. OBIS strives to assess and integrate biological, physical, and chemical oceanographic data from multiple sources. Users of OBIS, including researchers, students, and environmental managers, will gain a dynamic view of the multi-dimensional oceanic world."
Title: Fish distributions for coastal Africa Author: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Data type: Online database of fish distributions, taxonomy and collections Description: GBIF faciltates the "digitisation and global dissemination of primary biodiversity data, so that people from all countries can benefit from the use of the information."
Title: WorldFish Center Author: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Data type: Online information and publications on fishes and aquatic resources Description: "The centers specialize in different products, environments or regions to achieve the mission of the CGIAR - with the WorldFish Center specializing in living aquatic resources. "
Title: FishBase Author: WorldFish Center & UN FAO Data type: Global information system on fishes Description: "FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more.  FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science."