Brazilian Reef Fish Database

Mauro José Cavalcanti; Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes

Mauro José Cavalcanti Ecoinfomatics Studio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2389-1902
Paulo Roberto Duarte Lopes, Prof. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Keywords: coral reef fishes, biodiversity databases, marine biogeography, Western Atlantic Ocean

Abstract

The objective of this work is to catalog and document the biological diversity of reef fish species from the coast and oceanic and coastal islands of Brazil, by constructing an integrated database with information on nomenclature, geographic distribution, habitats, conservation status, genome sequences and relevant bibliography for each species. The database was implemented from several sources available on the Internet: Catalogue of Life, Genbank/NCBI, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, IUCN Red List and Wikipedia. Data were obtained for 308 valid reef fish species, included in 12 orders, 56 families and 165 genera. The complete database is available for consultation at http://coralfish.scienceontheweb.net.