CODE - Species code in the data table. It is composed of the first 3 letters of the genus and the first 4 letters of the species separated by a space. SCIENTIFIC- Scientific name of the fish species. COMMON- Common name of the fish species. FAMILY- Scientific name of the fish family. COMMONFAM- Common name of the fish family. FAM_ORD- Phyletic sequence of the fish family based on literature. Values are codes that represent the levels of evolutionary development of the family. The higher level of evolutionary development (more advanced), the higher value in the numeric code. The lower level of evolutionary development (more primitive), the lower value in the numeric code. Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott, 1991. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20, 183p. MIN_SIZE- Minimum size (diver observable) of the fish based on literature. MAX_SIZE- Maximum size of the fish based on literature. PREDATOR- "P" denotes the predator status of the fish based on literature. Resource Description: Florida Reef Fish Visual Census 1978-1998 Matrix
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Australian Opheliidae (Polychaeta) DELTA database (http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/poly/ophitems.html);
European register of Marine Species (http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk/lists/brief/Polychaeta.shtml);
CRUSTACEANS OF THE CNMI (http://www.crm.gov.mp/marine/biodiversity/crusties/crust.htm);
Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification (http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/..%5C..%5C..%5CMain%5CClassification%5C15265.htm);
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLSpec/aspecies2.htm);
Cephalaspidea from around the world (http://www.medslugs.de/Opi/CEPHALASPIDEA.htm):
Sea slug forum (http://www.seaslugforum.net/species.htm);
A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks (http://data.acnatsci.org/obis/);
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