Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection


Description

 Established in 1894, The Field Museum fish collection now contains more than 1,700,000 specimens, 130,000 lots, 10,000 species, 4,500 tissuesamples, 3,500 skeletons, 1,400 nominal types, and 450 families. Specimens range from the lobe-finned Coelacanth and lungfishes, to a diversity of freshwater catfishes and cichlids, to charismatic reef fishes such as the amazing Slingjaw Wrasse and venomous Red Lionfish. 

Governance

Type Organization Role
Contact principal Field Museum of Natural History non renseigné

Framework objective

 Multiple ou autres 

Dates

Start End
21/12/2022 non renseigné

Taxonomic target of the framework

 No information 

Framework territory

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List of species from the dataset