NCSM Ichthyology Collection
Citation
Norton B (2016). NCSM Ichthyology Collection. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7et8cq accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-24.Description
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Ichthyology Collection contains approximately 1.3 million specimens (110,000+ lots). It is one of the largest and most complete regional collections in the United States and currently meets the criteria of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists for recognition as a National Center Ichthyological Collection. Founded in the late 1800s, the collection consists of approximately 75% North Carolina material, although 48 states, 42 countries, and more than 1948 species are represented. Important recent acquisitions include large collections from Duke, North Carolina State, Stockton State, and Western Carolina universities, Mars Hill College, and the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences. The collection houses fluid-preserved specimens, cleared and stained material, skeletons, tissues for molecular analyses, and all supporting legacy data.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
-
Animaliarank: kingdom
-
Chordatarank: phylum
-
Petromyzontidarank: class
-
Chondrichthyesrank: class
-
Sarcopterygiirank: class
-
Myxinirank: class
-
Actinopterygiirank: class
-
Acipenseriformesrank: order
-
Albuliformesrank: order
-
Amiiformesrank: order
-
Anguilliformesrank: order
-
Aphredoderiformesrank: order
-
Ateleopodiformesrank: order
-
Atheriniformesrank: order
-
Aulopiformesrank: order
-
Batrachoidiformesrank: order
-
Beloniformesrank: order
-
Beryciformesrank: order
-
Carcharhiniformesrank: order
-
Ceratodontiformesrank: order
-
Characiformesrank: order
-
Chimaeriformesrank: order
-
Clupeiformesrank: order
-
Cypriniformesrank: order
-
Cyprinodontiformesrank: order
-
Echinorhiniformesrank: order
-
Elopiformesrank: order
-
Esociformesrank: order
-
Gadiformesrank: order
-
Gasterosteiformesrank: order
-
Gonorynchiformesrank: order
-
Gymnotiformesrank: order
-
Heterodontiformesrank: order
-
Hexanchiformesrank: order
-
Hiodontiformesrank: order
-
Lamniformesrank: order
-
Lampriformesrank: order
-
Lepisosteiformesrank: order
-
Lophiiformesrank: order
-
Mugiliformesrank: order
-
Myctophiformesrank: order
-
Myliobatiformesrank: order
-
Myxiniformesrank: order
-
Ophidiiformesrank: order
-
Orectolobiformesrank: order
-
Osmeriformesrank: order
-
Osteoglossiformesrank: order
-
Perciformesrank: order
-
Percopsiformesrank: order
-
Petromyzontiformesrank: order
-
Pleuronectiformesrank: order
-
Polymixiiformesrank: order
-
Pristiformesrank: order
-
Rajiformesrank: order
-
Salmoniformesrank: order
-
Scorpaeniformesrank: order
-
Siluriformesrank: order
-
Squaliformesrank: order
-
Squatiniformesrank: order
-
Stomiiformesrank: order
-
Synbranchiformesrank: order
-
Tetraodontiformesrank: order
-
Torpediniformesrank: order
-
Zeiformesrank: order
Geographic Coverages
The fishes collection covers more than 40 countries across the globe
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Ben Nortonoriginator
position: Collections Data Curator
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Collections Data Curator
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Gabriela Hogue
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager of Fishes
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-8868
email: gabriela.hogue@naturalsciences.org