Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ichthyology Collection

Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

Description

The ichthyological collection of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi has over 30,000 lots of fishes, Neotropical coverage, most emphatically representative of the Amazon Basin. Comprise individuals of Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii and Sarcopterygii intact, preserved in 70% alcohol, or prepared for dry or diaphanized skeleton. Metal cabinets are available for type material (holotypes and paratypes). The entire collection is housed in two rooms of 192m2 each, with walls insulated, air-conditioned for seven Split 60,000 Btu type apparatus. There are also three tanks (3mx1, 5mx1m) in concrete with steel cap and rubber seal to receive large individuals.

Geographic Description

Geographic coverage from Ictiology collection.

Purpose

Material with scientific and historical importance.

Methods

Specimens obtained from licensed collections, exchange, gift, legacy or purchase. The specimens are stored in the collection through a preservation type and its data are stored on the Specify (system for managing biodiversity data).

Type of content

Includes: point occurrence data.

Citation

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (2016)- ichthyology Collection. of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Online at http://ipt.museu-goeldi.br/ipt/resource?r=museu_paraense_emilio_goeldi_ictiology_collection&v=11.2 doi:10.15468/njmykk, Version 11.2 (updated on Dec 15, 2016) GBIF key: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b0059a3a-5cab-4a08-8d14-d92c23378e43

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2023-04-11 06:44:13.0