NCSM Ichthyology Collection

Ben Norton; Gabriela Hogue

doi:10.36102/dwc.1

NCSM Ichthyology Collection

Citation

Norton B, Hogue G (2022). NCSM Ichthyology Collection. Version 22.10. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.36102/dwc.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

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.

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Additional info

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Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Chordata
rank: phylum
Actinopterygii
rank: class
Chondrichthyes
rank: class
Petromyzontida
rank: class
Myxini
rank: class
Sarcopterygii
rank: class
Leptocardii
rank: class
Alepocephaliformes
rank: order
Acipenseriformes
rank: order
Albuliformes
rank: order
Amiiformes
rank: order
Amphioxiformes
rank: order
Anguilliformes
rank: order
Aphredoderiformes
rank: order
Argentiniformes
rank: order
Ateleopodiformes
rank: order
Atheriniformes
rank: order
Aulopiformes
rank: order
Batrachoidiformes
rank: order
Beloniformes
rank: order
Beryciformes
rank: order
Carcharhiniformes
rank: order
Ceratodontiformes
rank: order
Characiformes
rank: order
Chimaeriformes
rank: order
Clupeiformes
rank: order
Cypriniformes
rank: order
Cyprinodontiformes
rank: order
Echinorhiniformes
rank: order
Elopiformes
rank: order
Esociformes
rank: order
Gadiformes
rank: order
Gasterosteiformes
rank: order
Gonorynchiformes
rank: order
Gymnotiformes
rank: order
Heterodontiformes
rank: order
Hexanchiformes
rank: order
Hiodontiformes
rank: order
Lamniformes
rank: order
Lampriformes
rank: order
Lepisosteiformes
rank: order
Lophiiformes
rank: order
Mugiliformes
rank: order
Myctophiformes
rank: order
Myliobatiformes
rank: order
Myxiniformes
rank: order
Notacanthiformes
rank: order
Ophidiiformes
rank: order
Orectolobiformes
rank: order
Osmeriformes
rank: order
Osteoglossiformes
rank: order
Perciformes
rank: order
Percopsiformes
rank: order
Petromyzontiformes
rank: order
Pleuronectiformes
rank: order
Polymixiiformes
rank: order
Pristiformes
rank: order
Rajiformes
rank: order
Saccopharyngiformes
rank: order
Salmoniformes
rank: order
Scorpaeniformes
rank: order
Siluriformes
rank: order
Squaliformes
rank: order
Squatiniformes
rank: order
Stephanoberyciformes
rank: order
Stomiiformes
rank: order
Synbranchiformes
rank: order
Tetraodontiformes
rank: order
Torpediniformes
rank: order
Zeiformes
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

The geographic coverage of the Ichthyology Collection covers 61 countries on 6 continents and 3 major oceans.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ben Norton
originator
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Gabriela Hogue
originator
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

Ben Norton
metadata author
position: Head of Technology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh
27601
NC
US
Telephone: 919-707-9947
email: ben.norton@naturalsciences.org
homepage: https://naturalsciences.org/staff/ben-norton
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=mbnorton

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@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