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Welcome to the world of fishes! The purpose of this page is to give you background information and news updates on FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more, with over half a million visitors per month. FishBase contains practically all fish species known to science, with 200-400 new ones added every year. It's qualitative and quantitative pool of information, and credibility as a resource has been recognized by different entities. Some of these recognitions are: ISI Current Web Content Award from Thomson Corporation, StudyWeb® Academic Excellence Award of PLATO Learning, Inc., and Award of Excellence: Study Sphere.

FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and many other partners.