Q-quatics + Mundus maris are @ #BootDusseldorf2026 with hands-on ocean science:
🎮 Ocean Game | 📱 #FishBase Guide App | 🧩 DIY marine food web | 🎧 Fish Sound Quiz
Mundus maris represents #FishBase35 —36K+ fish species, bringing open data, science, & public engagement together for a healthier ocean.
📰🌊 SemantyFish is featured in Eurofish Magazine?
The article (Issue 6, 2025 📖 pp. 48–49) highlights how the project is turning #FishBase35 into an interoperable knowledge graph, strengthening open science and sustainable fisheries.
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🐟 #FishBase35 holds 330K+ fish names (as of date), many in indigenous languages —each a thread of ecological, medicinal & spiritual knowledge.
“Documenting these names [in FishBase] is like recording history,” says Deng Palomares.
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#IndigenousKnowledge #BiodiversityData
🌊 Learn how to manage our oceans sustainably with the #EcoScopeAcademy!
In Chapter 3, explore the depths of #FishBase35 & #SeaLifeBase20 to discover vital #marinelife data, conservation tools, and real-world applications for ocean stewardship. 🔬💻
Sign up 👉 ecoscope.getlearnworlds.com.
As FishBase turns 35, we celebrate Dr. Jack Randall—renowned taxonomist & underwater photographer who described 800+ species and donated 11,000+ images, shaping FishBase into a trusted global resource. 🌍 #FishBase35 #JackRandall
Full tribute by Dr. Daniel Pauly: bit.ly/JackRandallFriendToFishBase
🌊 Spotlight on Carol Cox — citizen scientist, research diver, reef builder and passionate fish photographer. Since 2012, she’s helped #FishBase35 capture species from the Gulf of Mexico & beyond. Proof that love for the ocean can leave a lasting scientific legacy. 🪸 Read more 👉 bit.ly/Carol-D-Cox.
#CollaboratorSpotlight: Meet Dr Hiroyuki Motomura: ichthyologist, museum director & long-time #FishBase35 collaborator. With 200+ species described, his work continues to shape how we understand #fishdiversity 🐟 Full story: bit.ly/DrHiroMotomura. #FishTaxonomy #OpenScience #NewSpecies #Ichthyology
🐟 From #FishBase35 user to key contributor: Dr. #BartHazes turned his dives into discoveries—sharing 1st species images, correcting taxonomy, & donating full survey data from Dauin 🇵🇭. 📊
His hope: FishBase will keep guiding marine biodiversity protection for generations. 🔗 bit.ly/DrBartHazes. 🪸
🐠 FishBase Guide 1.2 is here! 📲
🔍 Search smarter — by common name or scientific name (valid or synonym).
🌐 Explore in your language with custom translations.
⚡ Faster, cleaner, and easier species data browsing.
Try it now 👉 bit.ly/FishBaseApp.
#FishBase35 #FishBaseGuide #AndroidApp #EducationalApp
#CollaboratorSpotlight: NOAA scientist Todd Miller helps power #FishBase35 & #SeaLifeBase20 with isotope-based trophic data, Arctic species info & more.
“#FishBase & #SeaLifeBase aren’t just databases—they’re tools for sustainability.” 🌍
🔗 Read: bit.ly/DrToddMiller. #OpenData #QquaticsIsdaWay
#CollaboratorSpotlight: Peter Petersen fuels #FishBase35 with species data from the Nat’l Aquarium Denmark + NHM Copenhagen—plus photos by Johnny Jensen—helping keep species pages accurate & up-to-date. “It’s used daily and can help save species from extinction.” 🐟
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/PeterPetersen.
From a boy with a flashlight on a guppy tank to a global advocate for marine life —Andreas Völckers has spent a lifetime turning passion into purpose. 🌊
Celebrating #FishBase35 & #SeaLifeBase20 by honoring contributors like Andreas, whose work fuels these global resources 👉 bit.ly/AndreasVolckers.
Fra-and Timothy Quimpo doesn't just dive to photograph marine life—he dives to connect people with science. 🐙🌊
His work with #SeaLifeBase20 & #FishBase35 shows how images, grounded in data, can amplify awareness and action.
Check out his story—and his vision for SeaLifeBase: bit.ly/Fra-andQuimpo.
To mark #FishBase35 #SeaLifeBase20 🎉, we’re celebrating the experts behind these globally trusted & widely used aquatic biodiversity platforms!
🔬🌊 Meet Dr. Chong Chen, deep-sea biologist and mollusc expert, whose rare images from the ocean’s depths help enrich SeaLifeBase.org! 🐚 bit.ly/ChongChen 👇
🎉 To celebrate #FishBase35 & #SeaLifeBase20, we're featuring collaborators who helped us grow—& none more foundational than Dr. William N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024). His support gave FishBase its taxonomic backbone & scientistic credibility at a critical time! 🐟 Thank you, Bill! 📖 [bit.ly/BillEschmeyer]