Description
The University of Kansas Ichthyology collection contains more than 680,000 specimens of fishes from around the world and is the basis of the research and educational activities of the Division of Ichthyology. The collection has an emphasis on freshwater fishes of the central United States and also has significant marine and estuarine collections. The fish collection has representation from 3171 taxa (297 families and 1262 genera) and 79 countries including Ecuador, Fiji, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua and various marine localities. The collections and the scope of research activities in the division continue to grow due to the ongoing activities of ichthyology staff and students.</br></br> The collection is used by national and international researchers as well as by state and federal agencies. The Division of Ichthyology is designated as a Regional Center in the Midwest and Great Plains Regions (Collette & Lachner 1976, Copeia 1976: 625-642; Poss and Collette 1995, Copeia 1995: 48-70) and is among the top twenty ichthyological collections in the country. Almost 60% of the specimens in the collection are from the Great Plains Region. The collection is an important resource for anyone interested in the region's fishes. The data concerning these faunas are not extensively duplicated by other ichthyological collections.</br></br> The Ichthyology collection comprises whole, wet, voucher specimens in 70% ethanol (98%), specimens maintained as dry skeletons (0.3%) and cleared and stained preparations in glycerine (1.7%). Other ancillary collections include a large slide and digital image collection of specimens and locations (some of which are linked to specimen records through the database), a large field note collection and a map collection.</br></br> The wet specimens are housed in a state-of-the-art fluid collection facility, opened in 1996. The facility has 2,400 square feet of collection storage space on four floors and is shared with Herpetology, Mammalogy, Ornithology, Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology. The collection storage environment is maintained at 65°F year-round by an HVAC system. Specimens are housed in state of the art glassware and stainless steel tanks and protected by a sprinkler fire suppression system and UV-shielded lighting. The division has both morphological research facilities and a shared molecular systematic laboratory.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 42,763 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Ichthyology Collection
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8f79c802-a58c-447f-99aa-1d6a0790825a. University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
fish; ichthyology; USA; Kansas; Specify Software; Specimen; Occurrence; Occurrence
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Point Of Contact
- Bioinformatics Manager
- 1345 Jayhawk Blvd
- +1 (785) 864-3863
- Metadata Provider ●
- Point Of Contact
- Collection Manager
- Curator
- Curator
- 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
- +1 (785) 864-6874
Geographic Coverage
The fish collection has representation from 79 countries including Ecuador, Fiji, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua and various marine localities.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Class | Actinistia, Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi, Elasmobranchii, Myxini, Sarcopterygii |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 1880-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Fish collection |
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The personnel involved in the project:
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | KUBI Ichthyology Collection |
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| Collection Identifier | KUI |
| Parent Collection Identifier | KU |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 45,000 +/- 100 Ethanol jars , Count 1,000 +/- 100 Skeletal boxes |
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Additional Metadata
http://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms
| Alternative Identifiers | 8f79c802-a58c-447f-99aa-1d6a0790825a |
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| http://ipt.nhm.ku.edu/resource?r=kubi_ichthyology |