AMAZON FISH aims to build a high quality freshwater fish biodiversity database covering the entire Amazon drainage basin. This is done by mobilizing and integrating information available in scientific literature. A data management plan is developed to ensure that conditions for re­use and public release of the resulting database are properly documented, taking into account concerns and needs of the project partners.

During the project, sampling gaps will be identified and field studies organized to fill those gaps, as far as possible, in order to get the most up to date and comprehensive coverage.