Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections
Citation
Rios N (2017). Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections. Tulane University Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zjryiz accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-30.Description
The research collection of fishes at TUBRI is the largest collection of post larval fishes in the world, with over 7 million specimens in over 200,000 lots. Recently renamed in honor of Royal D. Suttkus, the collection also features a type room housing 33 holotypes and 38,835 paratypes representing 125 species, a separately curated osteological collection with 1352 specimens (271 species in 55 families) of which 638 (150 species, 20 families) are cleared and stained preparations, 2010 radiographs representing 21,988 specimens from 284 species and 8 hybrids in 36 families, 2428 scale and otolith samples representing 26 species from 12 families, and 77 sets of branchiostegals of two species of Lepisosteus.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Nelson Riosoriginator
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
Belle Chasse
70037
LA
US
Telephone: 015043941711
email: nrios@tulane.edu
homepage: http://people.tubi.org/nelson
Nelson Rios
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
Belle Chasse
70037
LA
US
Telephone: 015043941711
email: nrios@tulane.edu
homepage: http://people.tubi.org/nelson
Henry Bart
administrative point of contact
position: Director
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
Belle Chasse
70037
LA
US
Telephone: 015043941711
email: hbartjr@tulane.edu
homepage: http://people.tubi.org/hank