A lookup table linking ICES species codes to names and ecological groups.
Format
A data frame with columns:
- WoRMS_AphiaID
Numeric AphiaID identifier from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
- ScientificName_WoRMS
Full scientific name of the species according to WoRMS.
- genus
Genus name of the species.
- family
Family name of the species.
- order
Taxonomic order of the species.
- class
Taxonomic class of the species.
- rank
Taxonomic rank of the record (e.g., species, genus).
- habitat
General habitat category (e.g., marine, brackish, freshwater).
- bodyShape
General body shape category (e.g., fusiform, elongate, flat).
- maxL
Maximum observed length (cm).
- Lm
Length at maturity (cm).
- a
Length–weight relationship parameter \(a\) (in \(W = a L^b\)).
- b
Length–weight relationship parameter \(b\) (in \(W = a L^b\)).
- Loo
Asymptotic length from the von Bertalanffy growth model (cm).
- K
Growth coefficient from the von Bertalanffy model (1/year).
- to
Theoretical age at zero length \(t_0\) from the von Bertalanffy model (years).
- habitat2
Alternative or refined habitat classification.
- funcGroupFB
Functional group according to FishBase.
- funcGroupWalker
Functional group following Walker et al. (2017).
- funcGroupDenderen
Functional group following van Denderen et al. (2020).
- funcGroupMildenberger
Functional group following Mildenberger et al. (2025).
- funcGroupWalkerAll
Unified or merged functional grouping combining multiple classification sources.
- aFG
Length–weight relationship parameter \(a\) (in \(W = a L^b\)) used in FishGlobe.
- bFG
Length–weight relationship parameter \(b\) (in \(W = a L^b\)) used in FishGlobe.