MLZ Fish Collection (Arctos)
Citation
Scholz Z (2024). MLZ Fish Collection (Arctos). Version 1.42. Moore Laboratory of Zoology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/g6k66x accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-06.Description
The Vantuna Research Group’s (VRG) fish collection, now integrated into the Moore Laboratory of Zoology collection, is located at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. The fish collection totals nearly 600,000 specimens and includes whole organisms (>20,000), larvae (>550,000), tissue samples (6,236), otoliths (19,458), gonads (676), and vertebrae (126). The collection was established by Dr. John S. Stephens in 1960. Stephens and his mentee, Dr. Dan Pondella, the current VRG Director, worked together on rocky-reef fishes of the eastern Pacific. Stephens described the family of Chaenopsidae and Pondella specialized in phylogenetic systematics of bass and groupers. The vast majority of the collection’s specimens are from the Southern California Bight and together encompass the full spatial extent of the southern California rocky reef ecosystem. Taxonomic strengths of the collection, excluding larvae specimens, include Sciaenidae (13,765), Atherinopsidae (3,199), Sebastidae (1,740), Embiotocidae (1,628), and Serranidae (837). Most of the larvae specimens were collected as part of an ongoing study and represent over 45 years of monthly collections—this is one of the largest and longest time-series collections of nearshore fish larvae in the region. Taxonomic strengths of this larvae collection include Gobiidae (166,507), Blenniidae (130,666), Pomacentridae (83,558), and Labrisomidae (52,767).Sampling Description
Method steps
Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; Arctos Data Ownership and Use: http://arctosdb.org/home/data/Taxonomic Coverages
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Geographic Coverages
The collection has global coverage. The vast majority of the specimens in the collection are from the Southern California Bight and together encompass the full spatial extent of the southern California rocky reef ecosystem.
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Contacts
Zoe Scholzoriginator
position: Research Assistant
Occidental College - Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
email: zscholz@oxy.edu
Zoe Scholz
metadata author
position: Research Assistant
Occidental College - Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
email: zscholz@oxy.edu
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
Daniel Pondella
curator
position: Director
Occidental College - Vantuna Research Group
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
Telephone: 3232592955
email: pondella@oxy.edu
Chelsea Williams
point of contact
position: Research Associate
Occidental College - Vantuna Research Group
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
email: cmunoz@oxy.edu
Jonathan Williams
point of contact
position: Research Scientist
Occidental College - Vantuna Research Group
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
email: jonwilliams@oxy.edu
Dusty McDonald
programmer
position: Lead Programmer
Arctos
homepage: http://dustymc@gmail.com
Zoe Scholz
administrative point of contact
position: Research Assistant
Occidental College - Moore Laboratory of Zoology
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles
90041
CA
US
email: zscholz@oxy.edu