RBINS Fish collection

Olivier Pauwels

doi:10.15468/ga5ady

RBINS Fish collection

Citation

Pauwels O, Vandenberghe T, Cooleman S, Theeten F (2024). RBINS Fish collection. Version 1.13. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ga5ady accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The RBINS fish collection consists of more than 265,000 specimens. Oceanographer Gustave Gilson (director of the RBINS in 1909) started the collection during his study of the North Sea. It was the very first study of marine fauna in Belgium. The Institute has type material for 325 species. Central African fish species are well represented thanks to expeditions to the national parks in Congo. Missions by His Majesty Leopold III and RBINS biologist Jean-Pierre Gosse have also yielded many South American species.

Taxonomic Coverages

Pisces

Myxini
rank: class
Petromyzonti
rank: class
Coelacanthi
rank: class
Dipneusti
rank: class
Holocephali
rank: class
Elasmobranchii
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, DR Congo, Ecuador, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Olivier Pauwels
originator
position: Curator
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences - Department of Scientific Heritage Service
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE

Thomas Vandenberghe
metadata author
position: Data manager
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: tvandenberghe@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-6548

Stijn Cooleman
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Data Officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: s.cooleman@biodiversity.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0451

Franck Theeten
metadata author
position: Database manager
Royal Museum for Central Africa
BE
email: franck.theeten@africamuseum.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-538X

Patrick Semal
content provider
position: Head of Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: psemal@naturalsciences.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-7728

Jean-Marc Herpers
custodian steward
position: Curator of digital data
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Brussels
BE
email: jmherpers@naturalsciences.be

administrative point of contact
Biodiversity and Ecological Data and Information Centre - Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: info@bedic.be