Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
The Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) is a collection of over 40,000 colour transparencies of some 2,500 fish species, representing more than half of the Australian fish fauna, held in conjunction with the Australian National Fish Collection (formerly the I.S.R. Munro Ichthyological Collection). It encompasses all of Australia's commercial seafood species, and contains the only photographs in existence of many bycatch species. It contains images of species from rivers and estuaries, from near-shore to the deep ocean, from the temperate regions to the tropics, as well as from remote offshore islands and the sub-Antarctic. CSIRO marine scientists have assembled PIAF over the last 30 years as a by-product of coastal and deep ocean surveys. PIAF images of commercial species have recently been published in the Australian Seafood Handbook, and also been used extensively in several books, such as South East Fishery Quota Species: an identification guide, Field Guide to Trawl Fish from Temperate Waters of Australia and Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia.
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Identification info
- Date
- Citation identifier
- Marlin Record Number: 5693
- Citation identifier
- Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306005693
- Credit
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Alastair Graham
- Credit
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Peter Last
- Credit
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Thor Carter
- Status
- On going
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact CSIRO
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1970-01-01
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
- GCMD Keywords
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- Earth Science | Agriculture | Agricultural Aquatic Sciences | Fisheries
- Earth Science | Biological Classification | Animals/Vertebrates
- Earth Science | Biological Classification | Animals/Vertebrates | Fish
- Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Demersal Habitat
- Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Marine Habitat
- Earth Science | Biosphere | Aquatic Ecosystems | Pelagic Habitat
- Earth Science | Biosphere | Ecological Dynamics | Species/Population Interactions | Indigenous/Native Species
- AODN Geographic Extent Names
- CSIRO Project List
Resource constraints
- Other constraints
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By arrangement with custodian
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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NON-DIGITAL - Photographs (negatives and/or prints)
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- OnLine resource
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Documentation Link
Information page for the Photographic Index of Australian Fishes
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Date (Publication)
- Explanation
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Variable. Most collections from recent research vessels come from known depths and positions verified by ship's GPS.
Report
Result
- Date (Publication)
- Explanation
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Approximately 2,500 of Australia's estimated 4,500 fish species are represented in the collection.
Resource lineage
- Statement
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Data is sourced chiefly from voyages of research vessels. Specimens are usually photographed when freshly collected, to capture the fish's natural coloration. Resident taxonomic specialists are responsible for the taxonomic IDs.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- e6d8cd77-7001-4d63-96e9-8798ee9355c7
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart
- Metadata linkage
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2001-06-15T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2011-07-28T14:57:37
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115-3:2018
- Title
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Marine Community Profile
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-05-30
- Edition
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3.0
- Edition date
- 2019-05-30T00:00:00
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Custodian Marine Community Profile Governance Committee
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