Marine Fishes and Shell Fishes of the Nigerian Coastal Environments

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe1, Victor Oroleke1

1 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O (2022): Marine Fishes and Shell Fishes of the Nigerian Coastal Environments. v1.1. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=nigerianmarinefishesandshellfishes&v=1.1

Abstract

This is a checklist of marine fishes and shell fishes found in the Nigerian coastal waters.

Keywords: Checklist, Marine fishes, Shell fishes, Nigeria, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Temitope Onuminya, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Victor Oroleke
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Environments

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

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The record covers Nigerian Coastal Cities.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Formation period: 1995-2017

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Marine Fishes and Shell Fishes of the Nigerian Coastal Environments
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=nigerianmarinefishesandshellfishes
Publication date of data: 2022-07-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-07-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Olaoye, O.J. | Ojebiyi, W.G. (2018). Marine Fisheries in Nigera: A Review. Marine Ecology - Biotic and Abiotic Interactions. IntechOpen. Chapter Metrics Overview https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69018