A student-based expansion of the strategies of reproduction in fish (STOREFISH) database to 288 North American freshwater and anadromous species for 14 egg and larval traits.

Teleosts exhibit the highest reproductive diversity of all vertebrates, but this diversity has not been extensively analyzed, in part due to a lack of synthesis of life history information. The original STOREFISH (STrategies Of REproduction in FISH) database was published in 2007, and then released online in 2020 to facilitate data visualization and utilization (www.storefish.org). The original database contains information on 50 life history traits from ~1,200 references for 80 freshwater and anadromous species, mostly from Europe. Here, we describe the process and results of an international effort to update and extend the database for 14 egg and larval traits from North American freshwater and anadromous species, and then reassess previous bivariate relationships. Students in the United States and France used data from nearly 800 references to increase the STOREFISH database to 8,081 records (70% increase) for 368 species (360% increase) and 41 families (116% increase). We extracted fewer records per species than the original database because we included many species for which relatively little information was known. However, the distribution of records among trait values was similar to the original database. Updating and expanding the database improved the accuracy of the incubation time-temperature relationship below 10°C, and challenged a previous assumption regarding the larval sizeegg diameter relationship. Our expansion effort progressed smoothly and quickly via an educational model that emphasized supervised research and collaboration. We are extending this approach to include validators for data curation, and both pure and applied research that demonstrates the utility of the STOREFISH database to biodiversity research, conservation, assessment, management, and aquaculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]