Re: taxonomy database


Bob Price (rjprice@ucdavis.edu)
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:37:33 +0000


Jay,

Try;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
They have a big database that is easily searched.

Bob

Jayharlow@aol.com wrote:

> Does anyone know of an easily reached database of fish taxonomy that goes
> beyond the genus and species level? I'm tryng to establish the proper family
> classification of the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, which I have
> seen assigned either to the Percichtyidae (temperate basses) or a smaller
> family, the Moronidae. I have the impression that the latter represents a
> fairly recent split from the Percichtyidae, but I'd like to know when and by
> whom.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jay Harlow
> freelance food writer




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