UCM Fish Collection (Arctos)

Emily Braker

doi:10.15468/1yvhar

UCM Fish Collection (Arctos)

Citation

Braker E (2024). UCM Fish Collection (Arctos). University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1yvhar accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Vertebrate Zoology in the CU Museum of Natural History is a biodiversity repository of more than 120,000 specimens from five taxa: Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles (Herpetology), Birds, and Mammals. With the exception of birds, our collections are the largest collections of their kind in Colorado. Since our specimens document changes in biodiversity over the last 200 years, they are treasures of biological and historical significance. The collection of fishes is primarily preserved in fluid, with some osteological and dried specimens. It contains over 24,000 specimens in roughly 1,900 lots. The majority were collected in Colorado, although there is a worldwide representation of both marine and freshwater species. Many specimens were collected in the early 1900s by Max M. Ellis, including several hundred from Guyana. The collection also includes about 2000 Salmonid specimens donated by Robert J. Behnke, Colorado State University Professor Emeritus and the author of Trout and Salmon of North America. Nearly 10% of our holdings are representatives of endangered and threatened species.

Additional info

http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html

Taxonomic Coverages

More than 1,900 lots of fishes, containing more than 24,000 specimens. 26 type specimens (1 lectotype, 24 paratypes, 1 type host)

Actinopterygii
rank: class
Cephalaspidomorphi
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Elasmobranchii
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Holocephali
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Geographic Coverages

The majority were collected in Colorado, although there is a worldwide representation of both marine and freshwater species.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Emily Braker
originator
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder
80309
Colorado
US
Telephone: 303-492-8466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates

Emily Braker
metadata author
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder
80309
Colorado
US
Telephone: 303-492-8466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates

Laura Russell
programmer
position: VertNet Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

David Bloom
programmer
position: VertNet 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

Emily Braker
point of contact
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
CO
US
Telephone: 303-492-8466
email: Emily.Braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates

Dusty McDonald
point of contact
position: Arctos Database Programmer
University of Alaska Museum
email: dlmcdonald@alaska.edu
homepage: http://arctos.database.museum

Christy McCain
curator
position: Vertebrate Zoology Curator
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
UCB 265
Boulder
80309
CO
US
Telephone: 3037351016
email: christy.mccain@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates

Emily Braker
administrative point of contact
position: Vertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder
80309
Colorado
US
Telephone: 303-492-8466
email: emily.braker@colorado.edu
homepage: https://www.colorado.edu/cumuseum/research-collections/vertebrates