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NCSM Ichthyology Collection

Dataset homepage

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 2017-10-17.

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

  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  2. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  3. Petromyzontida
    rank: class
  4. Chondrichthyes
    rank: class
  5. Sarcopterygii
    rank: class
  6. Myxini
    rank: class
  7. Actinopterygii
    rank: class
  8. Acipenseriformes
    rank: order
  9. Albuliformes
    rank: order
  10. Amiiformes
    rank: order
  11. Anguilliformes
    rank: order
  12. Aphredoderiformes
    rank: order
  13. Ateleopodiformes
    rank: order
  14. Atheriniformes
    rank: order
  15. Aulopiformes
    rank: order
  16. Batrachoidiformes
    rank: order
  17. Beloniformes
    rank: order
  18. Beryciformes
    rank: order
  19. Carcharhiniformes
    rank: order
  20. Ceratodontiformes
    rank: order
  21. Characiformes
    rank: order
  22. Chimaeriformes
    rank: order
  23. Clupeiformes
    rank: order
  24. Cypriniformes
    rank: order
  25. Cyprinodontiformes
    rank: order
  26. Echinorhiniformes
    rank: order
  27. Elopiformes
    rank: order
  28. Esociformes
    rank: order
  29. Gadiformes
    rank: order
  30. Gasterosteiformes
    rank: order
  31. Gonorynchiformes
    rank: order
  32. Gymnotiformes
    rank: order
  33. Heterodontiformes
    rank: order
  34. Hexanchiformes
    rank: order
  35. Hiodontiformes
    rank: order
  36. Lamniformes
    rank: order
  37. Lampriformes
    rank: order
  38. Lepisosteiformes
    rank: order
  39. Lophiiformes
    rank: order
  40. Mugiliformes
    rank: order
  41. Myctophiformes
    rank: order
  42. Myliobatiformes
    rank: order
  43. Myxiniformes
    rank: order
  44. Ophidiiformes
    rank: order
  45. Orectolobiformes
    rank: order
  46. Osmeriformes
    rank: order
  47. Osteoglossiformes
    rank: order
  48. Perciformes
    rank: order
  49. Percopsiformes
    rank: order
  50. Petromyzontiformes
    rank: order
  51. Pleuronectiformes
    rank: order
  52. Polymixiiformes
    rank: order
  53. Pristiformes
    rank: order
  54. Rajiformes
    rank: order
  55. Salmoniformes
    rank: order
  56. Scorpaeniformes
    rank: order
  57. Siluriformes
    rank: order
  58. Squaliformes
    rank: order
  59. Squatiniformes
    rank: order
  60. Stomiiformes
    rank: order
  61. Synbranchiformes
    rank: order
  62. Tetraodontiformes
    rank: order
  63. Torpediniformes
    rank: order
  64. Zeiformes
    rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The fishes collection covers more than 40 countries across the globe

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
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
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