Document of dataset 1984

Dataset record

Type
Dataset
title in English
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections
Abstract in English
The online Fish Collection database includes all relevant information for each cataloged lot of specimens. Please note that slightly over 50% of the holdings are presently listed and records are constantly added. Data included in the Locality field are directly from a collector's field notes or from cruise logs. Geographic retrieval fields added by cataloging staff are based on internally defined criteria and may not be geographically accurate.
License
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html
bibliographicCitation
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution NMNH Fishes Collection Database. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193, 2007.
Version
1
Release date
May 29 2009 12:00AM

Temporal coverage

Temporal
Start date
1878-07-15
End date
2003-09-04

Geographical coverage

Spatial
World Oceans

Thesaurus terms

Keyword
Bio-geographical regions
Biota
Environment
EurOBIS calculated BBOX
Geoscientific Information
Habitats and biotopes
Metadata non conformant
Metadata not evaluated
Museum collections
No limitations to public access
Oceans
Sea regions
WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
World Oceans
XYZ ASCII

Themes

theme
Biology > Fish

Ownerships

contributor
National Museum of Natural History
contributor
Jeff Williams
contributor
National Museum of Natural History

Dataset references

record
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
record
US Ocean Biodiversity Informaton System

Special collections

part of special collection
available through EurOBIS
EMODNET
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Document metadata

date created
2009-06-09
date modified
2026-01-26