OCCURRENCE

Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections

Latest version published on 12 July 2018
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The research collection of fishes at TUBRI is the largest collection of post larval fishes in the world, with over 7 million specimens in over 200,000 lots. Recently renamed in honor of Royal D. Suttkus, the collection also features a type room housing 33 holotypes and 38,835 paratypes representing 125 species, a separately curated osteological collection with 1352 specimens (271 species in 55 families) of which 638 (150 species, 20 families) are cleared and stained preparations, 2010 radiographs representing 21,988 specimens from 284 species and 8 hybrids in 36 families, 2428 scale and otolith samples representing 26 species from 12 families, and 77 sets of branchiostegals of two species of Lepisosteus.
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12 July 2018
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Occurrence

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Nelson Rios
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
70037 Belle Chasse
LA
US
015043941711
http://people.tubi.org/nelson

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Henry Bart
Director
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
70037 Belle Chasse
LA
US
015043941711
http://people.tubi.org/hank

Who filled in the metadata:

Nelson Rios
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
70037 Belle Chasse
LA
US
015043941711
http://people.tubi.org/nelson

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Nelson Rios
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute
3705 Main St., BldgA-3
70037 Belle Chasse
LA
US
015043941711
http://people.tubi.org/nelson

Geographic Coverage

Global

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

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Purpose The Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute has agreed to share its data freely and openly for nonprofit, educational, and personal use by students, scholars and the public only. Any commercial use or publication of the data in printed or electronic media is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute.
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