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NameDescriptionSynonym1Synonym2StatusRequest notesBCI URN
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ABEPersonal collection of T. Abe; some types are housed at the Tokyo fish market. Collection will be transferred.
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ACAPAquaculture Center, Aomori, Japan.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35146
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AFAQAmateur Fisheries Association of Queensland, Australia. Most specimens transferred to Queensland Museum (QM), Brisbane.
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AFYAgustín Fernández-Yépez collection. Personal collection; at least some of this collection is at SCN, Venezuela.
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AHFAllan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, California, U.S.A. Types incorporated into the LACM collection.
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AIMAuckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New Zealand.
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ALAUniversity of Alabama Museum of Natural History, University, Alabama, U.S.A.
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AMGAlbany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35147
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AMNHAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.
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AMSAustralian Museum, Sydney, N. S. W., Australia.
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ANSPAcademy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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ARCAtlantic Reference Centre, New Brunswick, Canada.
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ASIOAcademia Sinica Institute of Oceanology, Quingdao, China.
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ASIZBAcademia Sinica Institute of Zoology, Beijing, China.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35148
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ASIZPSee ASIZT.
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ASIZTAcademia Sinica Institute of Zoology, Taipei, Taiwan. Also seen as ASIZP.
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ASUArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
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AUMAuburn University Museum, Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35149
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BAHBiologische Anstalt Helgoland Marine Station, Helgoland, Germany.
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BCFHBureau of Commercial Fisheries, Honlulu, Hawaii. Much of collection transferred to BPBM.
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BCPMBritish Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria B. C., Canada. Now RBCM = Royal British Columbia Museum.
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BCUEDepartment of Biology, Ch’ongju University of Education, Korea.
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BKNUKunsan National University, Department of Biology, Korea.
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BLUZMuseo de Biología, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.
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BMAMBeijing Natural History Museum, Beijing, China.
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BMNHNatural History Museum, London. Formerly British Museum Natural History, London. Preferred style BMNH 1945.6.6.3-4, with periods, no colon; year cataloged. month cataloged. day cataloged. specimens.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:1004
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BNHMBombay Natural History Museum, Bombay, India.
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BOCBingham Oceanographic Collection, now Yale Peabody Museum [YPM].
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BPBMBernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
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BSKUKochi University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi, Japan.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35150
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BSMPDepartment of Agriculture, Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippines.
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BSNHBoston Society of Natural History. Surviving specimens now at MCZ.
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BSRMBiological Station Reference Museum at Porto Novo, Annamalai University, India.
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BYUBrigham Young University, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
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BZTBiological Institute Titograd, Yugoslavia.
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CASCalifornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:1003
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CAS-IUIndiana University. Now mostly at CAS and recataloged with CAS numbers.CAS(IUM)
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CAS-SUSee SU [now at CAS].
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CAUSCUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Agrarias, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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CBDCollezione Ittiologica Balma-Delmastro. Collection of G.A.C Balma and G. B. Delmastro [Torino, Italy].
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CBFColección Boliviana de Fauna, Museo Nacional de Histoire Natural, Instituto de Ecología, Bolivia.
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CBMNatural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan.
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CBSIZACaspian Biological Station Institute of Zoology, Azerbijan.
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CCBCentral College, Bangalore, India.
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CCMLColeccion Ictiologica del Departamento de Ciencias Marinas de la Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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CEMBPCentre of Excellence in Marine Biology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
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CIBAcademia Sinica, Chengdu Institute of Biology, China.
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CIMARUniversidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Centro de Investigaciones del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile.
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CIPCentro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Cartagena, Colombia.
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CIZCentro de Investigaciones Zoológicas, Chile.
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CMCarnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Now mostly at FMNH and CAS.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35157
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CMCCanterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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CMFRISee FMRI.
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CMKPersonal collection of Maurice Kottelat [Switzerland]. See also ZSM/CMK.
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CMNFICanadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa. Same as NMC - National Museums of Canada.CMNurn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35186
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CNROCentre National de Recherches Oceanographiques, Nossi-Be, Madagascar.
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CNUDepartment of Biology, College of Natural Science, Chonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea. Also seen as CNUC.
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CNUCChonbuk National University, Chonju, Korea. Also seen as CUBK.
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CRHCentre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie, Uvira, Zaire. Also as CRHU.
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CRHUSee CRH.
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CRRHACentre Régional de Recherches en Hydrobiologie Appliquée, Bujumbura, Burandi.
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CRS-ZSICentral Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Jabalpur, India.
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CSIROCommonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organization, Division of Marine Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Formerly at Cronulla, Australia, also includes specimens from Marine Lab. Sydney.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35151
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CSUColorado State University, Colorado Cooperative Fishery Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
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CUCornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A; formerly Cornell University Vertebrate Collections.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34787
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CUBChulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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CUBKDepartment of Biology, Chonbuk National University, Korea. Also seen as CNUC and CUB but not our CUB above.
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CUPCharles University, Division of Hydrobiology and Ichthyology, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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DBCUCHUniversidad de Chile, Departamento de Biología Celular y Genética, Santiago, Chile.
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DBFFEUCSDepartamento de Biología de la Faculdad de Filosofía y Educación de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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DHISUBDepartment of Hydrobiology and Ichthyology, Sofia University, Bulgaria.
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DHMBDepartment of Harbours and Marine, Brisbane, Australia. Collection transferred to Queensland Museum (QM), Brisbane, Australia.
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EBRGEstación Biológica de Rancho Grande, Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Renovables, Venezuela.DISCA
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DUDuke University Vertebrate Collection, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.DUCVurn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35155
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DVZUTDepartment of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Tông-Hop, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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DZSASPDepartamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo, Brazil. Formerly Museu Paulista.
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DZUFRGSDepartamento de Zoologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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DZUHDepartamento de Zoología, Universidad de Havana, Cuba.
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DZVUUniversidad de Uruguay, Departmento de Zoología Vertebrados, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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EBMCUniversidad de Chile, Estación Biología Marina de Montemar, Chile.
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EBMTVEstación de Biología Marina del Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, Mexico.
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ECSFIEast China Sea Fisheries Institute, Shanghai, China.
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EEBPEstaçao Experimental de Biologia e Piscicultura de Pirassununga, Brazil.
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ENCBEscuela Nacional Ciencias, Colección Herpetozoarios, Mexico.
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EPNEscuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.
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EUBLaboratory of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Japan.
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FAKOUFaculty of Agriculture, Kochi Univerisity, Kochi, Japan. Specimens now in BSKU.
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FAKUKyoto University, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Japan. FAKU has several catalog series, including a K, W, and A series. The collection is housed at Maizuru, Japan, not at Kyoto.
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FBQFisheries Branch, Departement of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Australia.
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FCLRFundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas, Venezuela.
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FCRMFisheries College Reference Museum, Tuticorin Tamil Nadu, India.
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FDNRFlorida Department of Natural Resources, St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.
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FFSUCFaculty of Forestry Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Ichthyological Collection, Santiago, Chile.
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FMLInstituto Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina (Leviton et al. 1985:806)urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35152
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FMNHField Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:35153
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FMRICentral Marine Fisheries Marine Research Institute, Mandapam Camp, India.
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FNUNagasaki University, Faculty of Fisheries, Nakasaki, Japan.
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FOSJFisheries and Oceans Biological Station, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
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FRCLFisheries Research Centre, Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.