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Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ichthyology, Yale Peabody Museum

Citation

Gall L (2023). Vertebrate Zoology Division - Ichthyology, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale University Peabody Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mgyhok accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-29.

Description

The fishes collection in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology is worldwide in scope, with an emphasis on marine species. Strengths include: deep sea fishes from the Atlantic and Pacific; Western Atlantic nearshore fishes from the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; East Pacific fishes from Mexico, Panama and Peru; Indian Ocean nearshore fishes from Kenya, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and Chagos Archipelago; and freshwater fishes from Connecticut, Guyana and the African Great Lakes. Holdings represent over 24,000 specimen lots made up of more than 144,000 individual specimens. Included in this are type specimens for 193 nominal species. The collection includes histology slides and a complete coelacanth specimen.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

worldwide

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Larry Gall
originator
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
metadata author
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Larry Gall
user
position: Head, Computer Systems Office
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-9892
email: lawrence.gall@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Greg Watkins-Colwell
administrative point of contact
position: Division of Vertebrate Zoology
Yale Peabody Museum
170 Whitney Avenue
New Haven
06511
CT
US
Telephone: 203-432-3791
email: gregory.watkins-colwell@yale.edu
homepage: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
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