Iowa State University Fishes Collection
Latest version published by Iowa State University Museum of Natural History on Feb 25, 2021
Collection of fishes at Iowa State University, Ames, IA; ~5,000 lots, primarily from Iowa but including small numbers of lots other areas; e.g., CA, DE, FL, MI, MO, NH & MX. Collection was started in the late 1930s by Reeve M. Bailey during his time at Iowa State from 1939-1944. Most lots are from the 1930s and 1940s, but significant numbers are from the 1980s and 2010s.
Data Records
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| Data as a DwC-A file | download 4,568 records in English (389 KB) - Update frequency: unknown |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (9 KB) |
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Iowa State University Museum of Natural History Fishes Collection
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
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Geographic Coverage
Fishes of Iowa; also including >= 20 lots from the following: CA (22), DE (26), FL (35), MI (45), MO (24), NH (87), VA (20). Limited numbers of lots from 23 additional U.S. states, three states in Mexico, and one province in Japan.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [24.046, -124.805], North East [49.838, -66.094] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
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| Class | Actinopterygii, Hyperoartia, Petromyzontida |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1930-01-01 / 2020-01-01 |
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Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | ee21cfcd-9f34-47f0-ab46-9b21e9db5c5a |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=isua_fishes |