Dataset on the distribution location and biological traits of freshwater fishes in the Yangtze River Basin

Bin Kang; Xiaoxia Huang; Yunzhi Yan; Yunrong Yan; Hungdu Lin

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.093

Dataset on the distribution location and biological traits of freshwater fishes in the Yangtze River Basin

Data Brief. 2018 Oct 26:21:1066-1070. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.093. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Bin Kang¹, Xiaoxia Huang², Yunzhi Yan³, Yunrong Yan⁴, Hungdu Lin⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
² Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Processes in the Boundary Layer Over the Low-latitude Plateau Region, School of Earth Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China.
³ College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
⁴ College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China.

Abstract

In this data article, we provide the scientific and theoretical data on fish taxonomy including class, order, family, and genus in the Yangtze River. The Yangtze basin is divided into 56 units, and their geological information including latitude, longitude, latitude, and channel length is recorded. Fish presence/absence data at the unit scale are reported. Biological traits including morphological, physiological, and ecological characters of each fish species are also described, numeralized, and reported. These data are the foundation of the analyses and results in the article "Continental-scale analysis of taxonomic and functional fish diversity in the Yangtze River" (Kang et al., 2018).