UAIC Ichthyological Collection
Citation
Pugh W (2021). UAIC Ichthyological Collection. Version 3.3. University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/a2laag accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The State of Alabama contains the most diverse fish fauna of North America. The University of Alabama Ichthyological Collection (UAIC) documents this diversity and is one of the largest educational and research collections of fishes in the southeastern United States. This nationally and internationally recognized biological resource includes over one million preserved, skeletal, and frozen specimens, some dating back to the mid 1900's, and is the best single resource documenting past and present distributions and abundances of fishes in the State.Additional info
http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.htmlTaxonomic Coverages
Most taxa are from the Southeastern United States, but good holdings exist from other localities both foreign and domestic.
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Geographic Coverages
While the primary emphasis of UAIC has been to serve in the study and documentation of Alabama freshwater and marine fishes, the collection contains much more diversity. A significant number of fish species inhabiting aquatic ecosystems from other areas in North America are represented in the collection, as well as collections from Central and South America, Europe, and Asia.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Worth Pughoriginator
position: Coordinator of Zoological Collections
University of Alabama
Department of Biological Sciences, 403 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
Tuscaloosa
35487
AL
US
Telephone: +01 205-348-1822
email: mwpugh@ua.edu
homepage: http://bsc.ua.edu/
Worth Pugh
metadata author
position: Coordinator of Zoological Collections
University of Alabama
Department of Biological Sciences, 403 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
Tuscaloosa
35487
AL
US
Telephone: +01 205-348-1822
email: mwpugh@ua.edu
homepage: http://bsc.ua.edu/
Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Phillip Harris
curator
position: Associate Professor and Curator of Fishes
University of Alabama
Department of Biological Sciences, 407 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
Tuscaloosa
35487
AL
US
Telephone: +01 205-348-1831
email: pharris@bama.ua.edu
homepage: http://bsc.ua.edu/
Worth Pugh
administrative point of contact
position: Coordinator of Zoological Collections
University of Alabama
Department of Biological Sciences, 403 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
Tuscaloosa
35487
AL
US
Telephone: +01 205-348-1822
email: mwpugh@ua.edu
homepage: http://bsc.ua.edu/