The RBINS fish collection consists of more than 265,000 specimens. Oceanographer Gustave Gilson (director of the RBINS in 1909) started the collection during his study of the North Sea. It was the very first study of marine fauna in Belgium. The Institute has type material for 325 species. Central African fish species are well represented thanks to expeditions to the national parks in Congo. Missions by His Majesty Leopold III and RBINS biologist Jean-Pierre Gosse have also yielded many South American species.
Published: March 13, 2025 at 14:32
URL: https://ipt.naturalsciences.be/resource?r=be_rbins_vertebrates_pisces
Olivier Pauwels
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Thomas Vandenberghe
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Stijn Cooleman
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Franck Theeten
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Patrick Semal
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Jean-Marc Herpers
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
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| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 35,278 |
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| decimalLatitude | 35,267 |
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| decimalLongitude | 35,267 |
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| eventDate | 7,190 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 41,041 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 41,041 |
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| scientificNameID | 19,754 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 41,041 |
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| NO_COORD | 35,267 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 14,835 |
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| ON_LAND | 4,799 |
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| NO_MATCH | 1,167 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 11 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS | 3 |
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 2 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 1 |
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