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FishBase Species Database Scraper

Scrapes FishBase — 35,000+ fish species with taxonomy, ecology, size/weight, trophic level, IUCN status, game-fish flag, depth range, and common names.

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BowTiedRaccoon

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21 hours ago

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What you get

Each species record contains up to 20 fields:

Field	Description
`scientific_name`	Full scientific name (Genus species)
`genus`	Genus
`species`	Species epithet
`common_name`	Primary English common name
`family`	Family
`order`	Order
`environment`	Habitat type (e.g. Marine; brackish; benthopelagic)
`climate_zone`	Climate zone (e.g. Tropical; 24C – 28C)
`distribution`	Geographic distribution text
`max_length_cm`	Maximum recorded length in cm
`common_length_cm`	Common/typical length in cm
`max_weight_g`	Maximum recorded weight in grams
`max_age_years`	Maximum recorded age in years
`trophic_level`	Trophic level (e.g. 3.4)
`iucn_status`	IUCN Red List status (e.g. Least Concern)
`is_game_fish`	Whether listed as a game/sport fish: yes or no
`is_dangerous`	Danger classification (e.g. Harmless, Traumatogenic, Venomous)
`depth_range_m`	Depth range in meters (e.g. 0 – 364)
`source_url`	Source URL on FishBase
`scraped_at`	ISO 8601 timestamp of scrape

Use cases

Fisheries research — build datasets for population studies, species range analysis, or climate-impact modeling
Marine biology and ecology — correlate trophic levels and habitats with spatial data
Aquarium and aquaculture planning — filter by depth, climate zone, and size for stocking decisions
Conservation and IUCN analysis — track endangered or vulnerable fish species with distribution context
AI/ML training data — structured species attributes for classification, embedding, or retrieval models

How to use

Set Max Items to limit the number of species (leave blank for all 35,000+)
Run the actor — it fetches the species index then scrapes each detail page
Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example output (truncated)

{
  "scientific_name": "Clupea harengus",
  "genus": "Clupea",
  "species": "harengus",
  "common_name": "Atlantic herring",
  "family": "Clupeidae",
  "order": "Clupeiformes",
  "environment": "Marine; pelagic-neritic",
  "climate_zone": "Boreal",
  "distribution": "North Atlantic, including the Baltic Sea and North Sea.",
  "max_length_cm": "45.0",
  "common_length_cm": "30.0",
  "max_weight_g": "1100",
  "max_age_years": "25",
  "trophic_level": "3.3",
  "iucn_status": "Least Concern",
  "is_game_fish": "no",
  "is_dangerous": "Harmless",
  "depth_range_m": "0 - 364",
  "source_url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/35",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

FishBase enforces a crawl-delay; the actor respects rate limits automatically
A full 35,000-species run takes several hours — use maxItems to sample first
Data accuracy depends on FishBase editorial process; some fields may be absent for poorly documented species

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