Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection

Sharon Grant

doi:10.15468/alz7wu

Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection

Citation

Grant S, McMahan C (2020). Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection. Version 13.12. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/alz7wu accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-06.

Description

Established in 1894, The Field Museum fish collection now contains more than 1,700,000 specimens, 130,000 lots, 10,000 species, 4,500 tissuesamples, 3,500 skeletons, 1,400 nominal types, and 450 families. Specimens range from the lobe-finned Coelacanth and lungfishes, to a diversity of freshwater catfishes and cichlids, to charismatic reef fishes such as the amazing Slingjaw Wrasse and venomous Red Lionfish.

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Additional info

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sharon Grant
originator
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.fieldmuseum.org

Caleb McMahan
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
email: kswagel@fieldmuseum.org

Kevin Swagel
administrative point of contact
position: Collections
Field Museum of Natural History

Susan Mochel
administrative point of contact
position: Collections
Field Museum of Natural History

Sharon Grant
administrative point of contact
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://www.fieldmuseum.org