Description
The MVZ Fish collection was founded in 2019. It contains fluid-preserved and cleared and stained specimens. Nearly all samples are preserved to enable later DNA extractions. The collection is especially strong in Caribbean and West African fishes. Living collections of Cyprinodon pupfishes and Cameroon crater lake cichlids are also available. The collections are commonly used for genomic sequencing, functional morphology, morphometrics, systematics, course-based undergraduate research experiences, and ecological studies using stomach contents and stable isotope analysis.
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 1,341 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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:
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ), University of California, Berkeley
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. 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: 31fd4785-7ed4-422f-91fa-03b3833937a0. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Associate Curator of Fishes
- 3101 Valley Life Science Building
http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-9124
- Metadata Provider ●
- Point Of Contact
- Biodiversity Informatics and GIS Staff Curator
- 3101 Valley Life Science Building
- Point Of Contact
- Collection Manager
- 3101 Valley Life Science Building
Geographic Coverage
Global- North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All bony fishes (Class Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fishes (Class Chondrichthyes), and jawless fishes (Cyclostomi).
| Superclass | Cyclostomi |
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| Class | Osteichthyes, Chondrichthyes |
Temporal Coverage
| Living Time Period | Historic to present |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Fish specimens |
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| Collection Identifier | https://arctos.database.museum/collection/MVZ:Fish |
| Parent Collection Identifier | MVZ |
| Specimen preservation methods | Alcohol, Deep frozen, Glycerin |
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Additional Metadata
MVZ Terms of Use: http://mvz.berkeley.edu/mvzdata_terms; http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
| Purpose | Research and education |
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| Alternative Identifiers | 31fd4785-7ed4-422f-91fa-03b3833937a0 |
| https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=mvz_fish |