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

Nelson Rios1

1 Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, 3705 Main St., BldgA-3, 70037, Belle Chasse, United States

Corresponding author(s): Nelson Rios (nrios@tulane.edu)

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence

General description

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.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/iptstrays/resource?r=tubri_fish

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
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Distribution: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/iptstrays/archive.do?r=tubri_fish
Publication date of data: 2018-07-12
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-11-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset