A checklist of described fishes with native range in Uganda

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 293 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Musinguzi L, Natugonza V (2023): A checklist of described fishes with native range in Uganda. v1.2. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=checklistoffishesofuganda&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 1efcfbd9-e77e-4671-b1e1-81e6559106dd.  National Fisheries Resources Research Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Uganda.

Keywords

Checklist; Fish; Uganda

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

The dataset covers Uganda

Taxonomic Coverage

Described fishes with a native range in Uganda

Project Data

This dataset was part of a project to advance access to quality freshwater data and information in Uganda by harnessing capacity in data mobilization, data available through GBIF and engagements with data user institutions. The goal was to advance utility of the data in conservation decision making, advocacy, education and reporting on biodiversity. Limited capacity of users to develop biodiversity information from primary biodiversity data, coupled with some deficiencies in data available through GBIF, is a main barrier to data use. This project worked to improve the quality of the data the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) published through GBIF and used all the data available to develop freshwater biodiversity information to guide conservation planning. The quality of the occurrences were improved by linking them with abundance data and coordinates. Then, using all data available in GBIF, the project developed information products tailored to conservation planning. The information was envisaged to have a direct entry point into policies and practices of Uganda’s agricultural sector. The sector had been identified by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) through a national biodiversity information Political and Economic Analysis (PEA), as the biggest sector threatening biodiversity. The information products developed were tailored to the information needs of the sector as defined in the PEA.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

The checklist is based on databases such as FishBase and literature

Method step description:

1. The checklist is based on databases such as FishBase and literature. A preliminary list of the fish species in Uganda was downloaded from FishBase, a global online database of fishes (Froese & Pauly, 2022). The taxonomic status of the names was checked using Eschmeyer’s Catalog of fishes (Fricke et al., 2022). More information was obtained from literature such as Decru et al. (2020).

Bibliographic Citations

1. Decru, E., Vranken, N., Bragança, P. H., Snoeks, J., & Van Steenberge, M. (2020). Where ichthyofaunal provinces meet: The fish fauna of the Lake Edward system East Africa. Jounal of Fish Biology, 96(5), 1186–1201. https://doi. org/ 10. 1111/ jfb. 13992
2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N., & Van der Laan, R. (2022b). Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Genera, species, references. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://resea rchar chive. calac ademy. org/ resea rch/ ichth yology/catal og/ fishc atmain. asp
3. Froese, R., & Pauly, D. (2022). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. Retrieved June 10, 2022, from https:// www.fishb ase. se/ Count ry/ Count ryChe cklist. php? showA ll= yes&what= list& trpp= 50&c_ code= 800& cpres ence= prese nt&sortby= alpha 2& ext_ CL= on& ext_ pic= on& vhabi tat= all2

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