So many fish, one great map – ALA launches FishMap

Australia’s marine fish species are now at your fingertips thanks to FishMap, launched in February by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), the GBIF node in the country.

FishMap is a free online mapping tool that allows users to find out which fish occur at any location or depth in the waters of Australia’s continental shelf and slope. Users can also create species lists for any region, with photographs and illustrations, distribution maps and current scientific and common names.

The tool, which includes stunning images, provides the geographical and depth ranges of more than 4500 species, including 320 sharks and rays, based on expert knowledge.

Rough Dreamer (Oneirodes sabex) from FishMap

FishMap can be accessed at http://fish.ala.org.au.