list_tables
Discover available FishBase tables to access marine biology data including species information, ecological data, and distribution records.
Instructions
List all available FishBase tables
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
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Implementation Reference
- src/fishbase-api.ts:151-167 (handler)Core implementation of the list_tables tool, returning a hardcoded array of available FishBase table names.
async listTables(): Promise<string[]> { return [ 'species', 'ecology', 'occurrence', 'morphdat', 'comnames', 'spawning', 'diet', 'popgrowth', 'stocks', 'synonyms', 'taxa', 'estimate', 'ecosystem', ]; } - src/index.ts:257-269 (handler)MCP tool dispatch handler for list_tables, which invokes fishbaseAPI.listTables() and formats the response as JSON text.
case "list_tables": return { content: [ { type: "text", text: JSON.stringify( await fishbaseAPI.listTables(), null, 2 ), }, ], }; - src/index.ts:138-145 (schema)Tool schema definition including name, description, and empty input schema for list_tables.
{ name: "list_tables", description: "List all available FishBase tables", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, }, }, - src/index.ts:27-148 (registration)Registration of all tools including list_tables in the MCP server's listTools request handler.
server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => { return { tools: [ { name: "get_species", description: "Get species information from FishBase", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { species_name: { type: "string", description: "Scientific name of the species (e.g., 'Salmo trutta')", }, fields: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" }, description: "Optional list of specific fields to return", }, }, required: ["species_name"], }, }, { name: "search_species", description: "Search for species by common name or partial scientific name", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { query: { type: "string", description: "Search term (common name or partial scientific name)", }, limit: { type: "number", description: "Maximum number of results to return (default: 20)", default: 20, }, }, required: ["query"], }, }, { name: "get_ecology", description: "Get ecological information for a species", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { species_name: { type: "string", description: "Scientific name of the species", }, }, required: ["species_name"], }, }, { name: "get_distribution", description: "Get distribution/occurrence information for a species", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { species_name: { type: "string", description: "Scientific name of the species", }, }, required: ["species_name"], }, }, { name: "get_morphology", description: "Get morphological and physiological data for a species", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { species_name: { type: "string", description: "Scientific name of the species", }, }, required: ["species_name"], }, }, { name: "validate_species_name", description: "Validate and correct species scientific names", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { species_name: { type: "string", description: "Scientific name to validate", }, }, required: ["species_name"], }, }, { name: "common_to_scientific", description: "Convert common name to scientific name", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { common_name: { type: "string", description: "Common name of the fish", }, }, required: ["common_name"], }, }, { name: "list_tables", description: "List all available FishBase tables", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, }, }, ], }; });