Curated data on the codes, classification and conservation status of freshwater fishes in British Columbia.

freshwaterfish

Format

A tbl data frame with 16 columns and 161 rows:

Code

A character vector of the unique provincial fish code.

CommonName

A character vector of the common name.

Class

A character vector of the class.

Order

A character vector of the order.

Family

A character vector of the family.

Genus

A character vector of the genus.

Species

A character vector of the species.

Subspecies

A character vector of the subspecies.

Species2

A character vector of the second species if a hybrid.

Extant

A logical vector indicating whether any of the fishes are extant in British Columbia.

Native

A logical vector indicating whether any of the fishes are native to British Columbia.

Marine

A logical vector indicating whether a life-stage of any of the fishes occur in saltwater in British Columbia.

Yellow

A logical vector indicating whether any of the fishes are yellow listed in British Columbia.

Blue

A logical vector indicating whether any of the fishes are blue listed in British Columbia.

Red

A logical vector indicating whether any of the fishes are red listed in British Columbia.

CDCode

A character vector specifying the BC Conservation Data Centre species code.

ABCode

A character vector specifying the AB Fisheries and Wildlife Management Information System species code.

Details

The data includes estuarine fishes and excludes non-finned fishes such as clams.

See also

Other fishcodes: ab, cdc

Examples

head(freshwaterfish)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 17
#>   Code  CommonName   Class Order Family Genus Species Subspecies Species2 Extant
#>   <chr> <chr>        <chr> <chr> <chr>  <chr> <chr>   <chr>      <chr>    <lgl> 
#> 1 AF    All Fish     NA    NA    NA     NA    NA      NA         NA       TRUE  
#> 2 SP    Fish Uniden… NA    NA    NA     NA    NA      NA         NA       TRUE  
#> 3 SG    Sturgeon (G… Acti… Acip… Acipe… Acip… NA      NA         NA       TRUE  
#> 4 GSG   Green Sturg… Acti… Acip… Acipe… Acip… mediro… NA         NA       TRUE  
#> 5 WSG   White Sturg… Acti… Acip… Acipe… Acip… transm… NA         NA       TRUE  
#> 6 SH    American Sh… Acti… Clup… Clupe… Alosa sapidi… NA         NA       TRUE  
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: Native <lgl>, Marine <lgl>, Yellow <lgl>, Blue <lgl>,
#> #   Red <lgl>, CDCode <chr>, ABCode <chr>