Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Fish Specimens (Arctos)

Christopher Martin

doi:10.15468/zs8cjd

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Fish Specimens (Arctos)

Citation

Martin C, Koo M (2024). Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Fish Specimens (Arctos). Version 1.17. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zs8cjd accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The MVZ Fish collection was founded in 2019. It contains fluid-preserved and cleared and stained specimens. Nearly all samples are preserved to enable later DNA extractions. The collection is especially strong in Caribbean and West African fishes. Living collections of Cyprinodon pupfishes and Cameroon crater lake cichlids are also available. The collections are commonly used for genomic sequencing, functional morphology, morphometrics, systematics, course-based undergraduate research experiences, and ecological studies using stomach contents and stable isotope analysis.

Purpose

Research and education

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

MVZ Terms of Use: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/mvzdata_terms; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

All bony fishes (Class Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fishes (Class Chondrichthyes), and jawless fishes (Cyclostomi).

Osteichthyes
rank: class
Chondrichthyes
rank: class
Cyclostomi
rank: superclass

Geographic Coverages

Global- North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Christopher Martin
originator
position: Associate Curator of Fishes
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
94720-3160
California
US
email: chmartin@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/martin/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-9124

Michelle Koo
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Informatics and GIS Staff Curator
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
California
US
email: mkoo@berkeley.edu
homepage: https://mvz.berkeley.edu/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-722X

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Dusty McDonald
programmer
position: Arctos Database Programmer
Arctos
email: dustymc@gmail.com
homepage: https://arctosdb.org/

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
VertNet
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://vertnet.org/

Michelle Koo
administrative point of contact
position: Biodiversity Informatics and GIS Staff Curator
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
California
US
email: mkoo@berkeley.edu
homepage: https://mvz.berkeley.edu/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-722X

Christopher Martin
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Curator of Fishes
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
California
US
email: chmartin@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/martin/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-9124

Rebecca Abrams
administrative point of contact
position: Collection Manager
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
3101 Valley Life Science Building
Berkeley
94720-3160
CA
US
email: ridabrams@berkeley.edu
homepage: http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/martin/#people