Fish species occurrence and composition in Lakes Edward and George, 2016 

Herbert Nakiyende1, Herbert Nakiyende2, Laban Musinguzi3

1 National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, , Uganda; 2 National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Jinja, Uganda; 3 , Uganda

Corresponding author(s): Herbert Nakiyende, Herbert Nakiyende

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Resource Citation

Nakiyende H (2021): Fish species occurrence and composition in Lakes Edward and George, 2016. v1.1. National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=edward_system_fish&v=1.1

Abstract

This dataset presents occurrence records and composition of fish species collected in lakes Edward and George, Uganda.  

Keywords: Occurrence, Fish, Uganda, Lake Edward, Lake George

Project details

Project title: Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (AATAS)
Personnel: Herbert Nakiyende
Funding: World Bank & Government of Uganda
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study area was lakes Edward and George. 
Design description: Sampling was conducted in selected sites on lakes Edward and George. At each site, sampling was done near the shoreline and ~200-500 m away from the shoreline.  

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/resource?r=edward_system_fish

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Fishes in Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Haplochromis
Species: Bagrus docmak, Clarias gariepinus, Haplochromis aeneocolor, Haplochromis angustifrons, Haplochromis eduardianus, Haplochromis elegans, Haplochromis labiatus, Haplochromis macropsoides, Haplochromis mylodon, Haplochromis nigripinnis, Haplochromis nubilus, Haplochromis oregosoma, Haplochromis orthostoma, Haplochromis pappenheimi, Haplochromis petronius, Haplochromis schubotzi, Haplochromis schubotziellus, Haplochromis squamipinnis, Haplochromis taurinus, Haplochromis limax, Labeobarbus altianalis, Oreochromis leucostictus, Oreochromis niloticus, Protopterus aethiopicus

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The study area is lakes Edward and George. 
Coordinates: 0°30'58.86''S and 0°7'5.17''N Latitude; 29°36'9.58''E and 30°19'30.04''E Longitude 

Formation period: 2016

Methods

Method step description: Quality control
All scientific names were validated using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2021) and the Catalog of Fishes (Fricke et al. 2021). 
Study extent description: Sampling was conducted in nearshore and open areas of lakes Edward and George. Sampling was conducted in two research expeditions conducted in February and May, 2016. 
Sampling description: Fish capture utilized gillnets set overnight. The nets used were of mesh sizes of 1 to 5.5 inches in increments of 0.5 inches. 
Quality control description: All scientific names were validated using FishBase (Froese & Paully, 2021) and the Catalog of Fishes (Fricke et al. 2021). 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Fish species occurrence and composition in Lakes Edward and George, 2016 
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-uganda.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=edward_system_fish
Publication date of data: 2021-05-24
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2021-05-23
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Froese, R. & Pauly D. (Eds). 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version ((02/2021). http://www.fishbase.org
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2021. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species, references.(http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 23 05 2021.