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MSB Fish Collection (Arctos)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Turner T, Snyder A (2023). MSB Fish Collection (Arctos). Version 1.61. Museum of Southwestern Biology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uxpj1o accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-30.

Description

The MSB Division of Fishes supports research of the ichthyofauna of a region in North America noted for a wide range of ecotypes and elevational gradients, from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Basin and the Great Plains, with the convergence of three major deserts, the Chihuahua, Sonora, and Mojave. The fishes of New Mexico (and the southwestern US) are characterized by high endemism, low diversity, and remarkable physiological tolerances. The MSB collections are particularly valuable because aquatic habitats in the region are declining as demands on water increase due to human population growth and global climate changes. The MSB collections of fishes provides a 80-year window on the natural history of New Mexico's imperiled native fishes and aquatic systems. The MSB has over 100,000 cataloged lots of fishes (ca. 4,153,582 specimens),representing 66 families, 200 genera, and 443 species. Approximately 1/3 of the collection consists of fish eggs and larvae as part of ongoing river monitoring programs and life history studies in desert fishes.

Additional info

http://www.vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

The MSB Division of Fishes collections are predominately cypriniform fishes, collections of native and endemic minnows and suckers from the Rio Grande, Gila and Pecos Rivers; other well-represented groups fishes are the Cyprinodontidae, Ictaluridae, and Centrarchidae.
  1. Osteichthyes
    rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The MSB Division of Fishes collections are from the southwestern US, primarily the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico, with good representation from the Rio Grande,and the Gila, Pecos, Canadian, San Juan, and Zuni Rivers.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Thomas Turner
originator
position: Curator of Fishes
Museum of Southwestern Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-7541
email: Turnert@unm.edu
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Turner2
Alexandra Snyder
metadata author
position: Collection Manager
Museum of Southwestern Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-6005
email: amsnyder@unm.edu
homepage: http://msb.unm.edu/divisions/fishes/index.html
David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum
Alexandra Snyder
point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Museum of Southwestern Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-6005
email: amsnyder@unm.edu
homepage: http://msb.unm.edu/divisions/fishes/index.html
Thomas Turner
administrative point of contact
position: Curator of Fishes
Museum of Southwestern Biology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
87131-0001
NM
US
Telephone: (505) 277-7541
email: turnert@unm.edu
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Turner2
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