Information

Ecological parameter:  migration

Parameter group: occurrence related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter provides information on the migration type of fish species. Migration is the movement of a large number of individuals from one place to another for feeding or reproductive needs and is classified into 4 categories.

Abbreviations:
Category nameAbbreviationExplanation
potamodromouspotmigratory fish species; whole life cycle is spent in freshwaters
diadromousdiamigratory fish species; parts of the life cycle are spent in fresh and salt water
oceanodromousocemigratory fish species; whole life cycle is spent in salt water
no migrationnomspecies with no migration movements
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Acipenseriformes8 / 13 - 61.5%
Anguilliformes1 / 1 - 100%
Atheriniformes2 / 4 - 50%
Clupeiformes8 / 18 - 44.4%
Cypriniformes47 / 313 - 15%
Cyprinodontiformes9 / 12 - 75%
Esociformes3 / 3 - 100%
Gadiformes1 / 1 - 100%
Gasterosteiformes2 / 9 - 22.2%
Perciformes27 / 94 - 28.7%
Petromyzontiformes7 / 13 - 53.8%
Pleuronectiformes2 / 3 - 66.6%
Salmoniformes20 / 125 - 16%
Scorpaeniformes1 / 16 - 6.2%
Siluriformes4 / 7 - 57.1%
Syngnathiformes1 / 4 - 25%