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

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Parsed IPT import workflow
Digital Metadata: EML File
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
  • Alectis (8)
  • Carangoides (18)
  • Carangus (2)
  • Caranx (61)
  • Chloroscombrus (17)
  • Decapterus (2)
  • Elagatis (3)
  • Gnathanodon (2)
  • Hemicaranx (22)
  • Oligoplites (33)
  • Selar (2)
  • Selene (25)
  • Seriola (2)
  • Trachinotus (20)
  • Vomer (1)