Academy of Natural Sciences Ichthyology Collection
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>Established in 1812, The Academy of Natural Sciences hosts one of the most important collections of preserved fishes in the world with an estimated 1.6 million specimens in 155,000 lots representing more than 15,000 species. The collection is particularly rich in catfishes (Order Siluriformes), minnows (Cypriniformes) and eels (Anguilliformes). Geographically, its strengths include freshwater species of North and South America and marine species of the North Atlantic and Indian Oceans. ANSP also has one of the world’s largest collections of fish types with 2,797 primary and 17,881 secondary type specimens representing 1,857 and 2,048 species/subspecies, respectively. In total, ANSP types represent ~3,086 species/subspecies and ~8.4% of all fish species ever named as such (as of Jan 2024). Specimens aside, staff have assembled and curate ~18,000 frozen tissue samples of thousands of fish species primarily from the U.S. and South America.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Sabaj Perez M (2025). Academy of Natural Sciences Ichthyology Collection. Version 1.45. Academy of Natural Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/v6umy8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-23.
Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the BioAtlas - Atlas bioraznolikosti Hrvatske. This resource was last checked for updated data on 24 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 24 Feb 2025.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-24 07:42:16.0
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