| Summary: | Maintenance and Update Frequency: continual Statement: Information in CAAB has been sourced from available literature and (for fishes) by in-house taxonomic research and reference to some 25+ external taxonomic specialists (for a then-current list, see Yearsley et al. 1997, table 5). Most data in CAAB has been cross-checked for accuracy against more than one available source. Source information is indicated for many of the entries (particularly invertebrates), and makes use of the ABRS "Australian Faunal Directory" or WoRMS wherever possible. CAAB is continuously updated as new groups are added, errors are detected, or changes of name by relevant taxonomists become known to the editors. Credit FRDC - funding (project 90/105) Credit Gordon Yearsley Credit Peter Last Credit Tony Rees Credit Karen Gowlett-Holmes Credit Graeme Morris Credit Miroslaw Ryba CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - is an 8-digit coding system for fishes and other aquatic organisms in the Australian region maintained originally by CSIRO Division of Marine Research and now CSIRO NCMI. CAAB can be used to obtain a taxon code for any species or species group on the CAAB list for use in data storage, or to obtain the current scientific name or other information for any CAAB taxon code. For groups where coverage of the Australian fauna is complete, it can also be used to generate lists of currently recognised Australian marine taxa in any genus, family or selected higher-level category. Taxon codes are useful for data storage where it is desirable to maintain the collected data (e.g. catch or survey data) independently from the associated name information (which is subject to revision or correction with changes in taxonomic knowledge). CAAB codes are also "meaningful" and convey information about the organism's classification down to the level of family, and so can be used for rapid sorting and filtering if desired. CAAB currently contains over 4,500 codes for fishes, 250+ codes for other marine vertebrates (reptiles, ...
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