Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Fish collection
Citation
Pauwels O, Vandenberghe T (2021). Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Fish collection. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ga5ady accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-24.Description
The fish collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences consists of more than 285,000 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. The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Pisces collection contains 9007 digitised specimens of 1896 taxa. The following classes are included: Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi, Cephalochordata Owen, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Chondrichtyes, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758, Myxini, SarcopterygiiTaxonomic Coverages
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Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi, Cephalochordata Owen, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Chondrichtyes, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758, Myxini, Sarcopterygiirank: 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 Pauwelsoriginator
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
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Patrick Semal
content provider
position: Head of Section Scientific Heritage
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29
Brussels
1000
BE
email: psemal@naturalsciences.be
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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