Ichthyology Collections

The Ichthyology Collection, focusing on Texas and our region, is an actively growing collection, currently consisting of ~80,000 lots (over 1.5 million specimens), most of which are "wet" collections preserved for long-term storage in 70% non-denatured ethanol. We have a small selection of larval fish from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that are in 10% formalin. Our skeletal collection consists of around 1,300 cleared and stained fish, as well as over 500 dry skeletal preparations. The alcoholic collections currently occupy 1,586 square feet, spread out over two rooms. We also have a tissue collection, managed as part of our Genetic Resources Collection, with over 2,000 samples preserved in ≥95% ethanol frozen in liquid nitrogen.

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