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National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Vertebrates (NMNH-Vertebrates)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Homepage: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 70,209 specimen records
  • 8,755 (12%) georeferenced
  • 26,970 (38%) with images (29,125 total images)
  • 1,287 GenBank genetic references
  • 38,644 (55%) identified to species
  • 350 families
  • 1,240 genera
  • 2,530 species
  • 2,558 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aelurichthys (2)
  • Ariopsis (11)
  • Arius (50)
  • Bagre (49)
  • Cathorops (66)
  • Galeichthys (1)
  • Leptarius (3)
  • Notarius (20)
  • Occidentarius (6)
  • Sciadeops (6)
  • Sciades (8)
  • Selenaspis (2)