Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceArkansas
County/ParishWashington
Latitude36.16945
Longitude-94.01833
Institution CodeTu
Collection CodeFish
Catalog Number12251
Collected ByR.d. Suttkus
Date Collected1955-09-03

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The research collection of fishes at TUBRI is the largest collection of post larval fishes in the world, with over 7 million specimens in over 200,000 lots. Recently renamed in honor of Royal D. Suttkus, the collection also features a type room housing 33 holotypes and 38,835 paratypes representing 125 species, a separately curated osteological collection with 1352 specimens (271 species in 55 families) of which 638 (150 species, 20 families) are cleared and stained preparations, 2010 radiographs representing 21,988 specimens from 284 species and 8 hybrids in 36 families, 2428 scale and otolith samples representing 26 species from 12 families, and 77 sets of branchiostegals of two species of Lepisosteus.

Contacts

Name Nelson Rios
RoleBiodiversity Informatics Manager
Emailnrios@tulane.edu
Name Nelson Rios
RoleBiodiversity Informatics Manager
Emailnrios@tulane.edu
Name Henry Bart
RoleDirector
Emailhbartjr@tulane.edu

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urn:catalog:TU:Fish:12251. 12251. Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections. Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute, Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collections. http://portal.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/bc13ff8e-6f31-4f3d-b47a-38e3ce8a2194. Accessed on June 11, 2026.
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