African fish collection of the Africamuseum

Jos Snoeks

doi:10.15468/dhxqb6

African fish collection of the Africamuseum

Citation

Snoeks J, Theeten F (2024). African fish collection of the Africamuseum. Version 1.20. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dhxqb6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

Description

With 1 million specimens, our collection is the largest collection of African fresh and brackish water fish in the world. It contains the type material of one third of all described African species. It also contains the largest collection of type specimens from Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika, which has continuously grown since the museum's creation. To date, half of the collection is databased and the dataset contains approximately 90,000 records/lots representing more than half a million physical specimens.

Taxonomic Coverages

The dataset contains records of fish from 47 orders and nearly 4000 types representing more then 16000 type specimens.

Actinopterygii
rank: class
Sarcopterygii
rank: class
Elasmobranchii
rank: class
Holocephali
rank: class
Petromyzonti
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

90% of the specimens come from Africa, almost half of which come from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jos Snoeks
originator
position: Chief scientist, head of Vertebrate service
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-8369

Franck Theeten
metadata author
position: Database project manager
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: franck.theeten@africamuseum.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-538X

Didier Van den Spiegel
administrative point of contact
position: Head of biological collection department
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg
Tervuren
3080
BE
Telephone: +32 2 769 54 11
email: didier.van.den.spiegel@africamuseum.be

Stijn Cooleman
administrative point of contact
position: Biodiversity data officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: s.cooleman@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0451

Larissa Smirnova
administrative point of contact
position: Project manager
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: larissa.smirnova@africamuseum.be

Jos Snoeks
administrative point of contact
position: Chief scientist, head of Vertebrate service
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3258-8369

Emmanuel Vreven
administrative point of contact
position: Ichthyologist
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg 13
Tervuren
3080
BE
email: emmanuel.vreven@africamuseum.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2503-4712