Other fish in distribution thingy

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 17 Sep 2007, 00:21

It is a wonderfull tool but somewhat inacurate.

Post by **Birger** » 17 Sep 2007, 01:04

It is a great idea, but also very new at PC, my understanding is that it is still in the experimental stages and I am sure will develop much further as time goes on.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 23 Sep 2007, 12:56

It's only as good as the data in there. Have a word with Mats as he has plugged in 100% of the data and written nearly all of the code.

It would help if you could be more accurate in telling us what you mean by "inaccurate"?

Jools

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 25 Sep 2007, 20:14

I'm no ichthyologist but I was just looking for fish to put in my xingu biotope and and platydoras costatus did not come up and I am sure that they are found there.
I know this sounds a bit anal but I then continued to look and found a few other discrepancies.
All hail Mats for putting the information in, not a job I would like to do and a fabulous job he has done, but 'boitope o philes' and anally re tentative geeks, such as myself could be misled.
I think it has more to do with the way it works or I should just shut up and forget about it.
For the site is the best in the web, and not just because it is for catfish , but the whole way it operates, it is far superior than commercial sites for big businesses, I just see it as a shame to lose accuracy over such an important set of facts, if these facts are not accurate I see that there is no point in being accurate about anything.
Sorry to be a wingeing fool.
http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/field/Axce2004/
Matt

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 26 Sep 2007, 08:10

It's probably an expectation thing.

If you clicked on the Xingu link, you'll get fish restricted to the Xingu. If you click on the level up (amazon), you'll get amazon basin fishes which will include the more widely distributed .

However, it'd be worth checking with Mat this is roughly the way it works.

Jools

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Sep 2007, 10:46

You should get "Xingu" if you go by "Lower Amazon", but the other way around doesn't work. I could sit down (for several days) and add all tributaries that are known to contain the fishes. But it's hard work, especially as a lot of fish are listed as "Lower Amazon", rather than specifically Tocantins, Xingu, etc.

If you look at fish from Xingu (for example), you will see that there is a list of "Amazon->Lower Amazon->Xingu", for example. So you can see the relationship in the list of rivers.

Or you can use the list of rivers:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/bofw_tree.php

Code: Select all

Amazon 	basin 	South America
   .....
    Lower Amazon 	basin 	Brazil
        Xingu 	river 	Brazil
            Iriri 	river 	Brazil
                Curuá 	river 	Brazil
            Upper Xingu 	river 	Brazil
                Culuene 	river 	Brazil
            Lower Xingu 	river 	Brazil
        Tocantins 	river 	Brazil
            Lower Tocantins 	river 	Brazil
                Araguaia 	river 	Brazil
                    Upper Araguaia 	river 	Brazil
                        Mortes 	river 	Brazil
            Upper Tocantins 	river 	Brazil
            Passa Três cave

As you look at this, you can see the relationships between rivers and their tributaries/sections.

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Mats

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 26 Sep 2007, 20:46

Matt,

So can I move this into resolved?

Jools

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 27 Oct 2007, 09:44

Yeah for sure, it wasn't a gripe just an observation.
Thanks
Matt