A data repository website on marine ornamental fin fishes and shell fishes from Indian waters

Abstract

An online data repository on marine ornamental fin fishes and shell fishes of Indian waters was developed in the form of interactive web-database using SQL Server 2008 relational database management system integrated web interface using Microsoft’s .NET technology. The website of the database provides information on classification, synonyms, distinguishing taxonomic features, biology, distribution and other key references for 333 species of ornamental finfishes, 121 molluscan and 84 crustacean species. Data on these groups of species were collected trough primary surveys from Indian coastal regions followed by Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands, published literatures and other databases. The website also includes the multimedia digital photo library of the species that displays the pictures of the fishes along with few important details.