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Specimen Record

ContinentNorth America
CountryUnited States
State/ProvinceMississippi
County/ParishJackson
LocalityGulf Of Mexico: Petit Bois Island
Latitude30.202039
Longitude-88.454372
Institution CodeFmnh
Collection CodeFishes
Catalog Number46615
Collected ByJ. B. Hughes
Date Collected1949-06-13

From Recordset

Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Fish Collection
http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/fishes/collections

Established in 1894, The Field Museum fish collection now contains more than 1,700,000 specimens, 130,000 lots, 10,000 species, 4,500 tissuesamples, 3,500 skeletons, 1,400 nominal types, and 450 families. Specimens range from the lobe-finned Coelacanth and lungfishes, to a diversity of freshwater catfishes and cichlids, to charismatic reef fishes such as the amazing Slingjaw Wrasse and venomous Red Lionfish.

Contacts

Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org
Name Kate Webbink
Rolenone
Emailnone
Name Caleb McMahan
RoleCollections Manager
Emailkswagel@fieldmuseum.org
Name Kevin Swagel
RoleCollections
Emailnone
Name Susan Mochel
RoleCollections
Emailnone
Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org
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