Dataset

Hamburg pelagic fish database

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Data on pelagic fishes from German North Atlantic cruises from the 1970s to 1980s kept by the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZIM Hamburg). The dataset was provided to MAR-ECO by Dr. Heino Fock. Primary reference: Post, A. 1987. Pelagic transects of FRVs "Walther Herwig" and "Anton Dohrn" in the Atlantic Ocean 1966 to 1986. Mitt. Inst. f. Seefischerei d. BfaFi Hamburg, 42: 1-68.

Citation: Post, A. 1987. Pelagic transects of FRVs "Walther Herwig" and "Anton Dohrn" in the Atlantic Ocean 1966 to 1986. Mitt. Inst. f. Seefischerei d. BfaFi Hamburg, 42: 1-68.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 10:12

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=mareco_hampelfish

Heino Fock
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut; Institute of Sea Fisheries

Thomas de Lange Wenneck
Institute of Marine Research

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut; Institute of Sea Fisheries
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut; Institute of Sea Fisheries

7,138
occurrence records
409
taxa
397
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 7,138
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1
0.0%
scientificNameID 82
1.1%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 82
1.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 35
0.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 33
0.5%

Measurement types

DNA derived data