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ORMEF_v1: Occurrence Records of Mediterranean Exotic Fishes (updated to 01/01/2026)
Citation
Azzurro E, D'Amen M, Biancone N (2026). ORMEF_v1: Occurrence Records of Mediterranean Exotic Fishes (updated to 01/01/2026). Version 1. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/dtd8cr
Contact:
Azzurro, Ernesto ;
D'Amen, Manuela ;
Biancone, Noemi
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Description
ORMEF is a database about Mediterranean Exotic Fishes including geo-referenced information and temporal dimension of the invasions for scientists, conservationists and policy makers, disseminating specialist’s knowledge and experience.
Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Air breathing fish · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Mediterranean Sea · Actinopterygii
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -5,4111; MinLat: 30,3316 - MaxLong: 36,2118; MaxLat: 45,7021 [WGS84]
Coordinates: MinLong: -5,4111; MinLat: 30,3316 - MaxLong: 36,2118; MaxLat: 45,7021 [WGS84]
Mediterranean Sea [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1 January 1896 - 1 January 2026
4 April 1962 - 19 July 2025 (EurOBIS harvested data)
Taxonomic coverage
Actinopterygii [WoRMS]
Parameters
Contributors
Italian National Research Council; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), data creator
Azzurro, Ernesto
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), data creator
D'Amen, Manuela
Italian National Research Council (CNR), data creator
Biancone, Noemi
Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
URLs
Dataset information:
Other:
Other:
Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Release date: 2026-04-27
Metadatarecord created: 2026-05-05
Information last updated: 2026-06-04
