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MMNS Ichthyology Collection

Specimen Records: 63,415
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2017-01-08

The Ichthyology Collection is the largest of the biological collections housed at MMNS with the earliest material dating back to 1888. The majority of the holdings represent freshwater species; however, the collection does contain representative material from marine and estuarine habitats. Total holdings of the MMNS Ichthyology Collection contain approximately 62,000 cataloged lots, which is represented by over 965,000 individuals, 746 species, 96 families and 35 orders.

Contacts

Name Matt Wagner
RoleState Ichthyologist/Curator of Fishes
Emailmatthew.wagner@mmns.state.ms.us
Name Matt Wagner
RoleState Ichthyologist/Curator of Fishes
Emailmatthew.wagner@mmns.state.ms.us
Name Laura Russell
RoleProgrammer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Matt Wagner
RoleState Ichthyologist/Curator of Fishes
Emailmatthew.wagner@mmns.state.ms.us
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i63360
99.913
geopoint_datum_error  i62029
97.814
dwc_datasetid_added  i27362
43.148
dwc_kingdom_added  i27362
43.148
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i27362
43.148
dwc_phylum_added  i27362
43.148
dwc_taxonid_added  i27362
43.148
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i27362
43.148
gbif_canonicalname_added  i27362
43.148
gbif_genericname_added  i27362
43.148
gbif_taxon_corrected  i27362
43.148
dwc_genus_added  i27340
43.113
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i27340
43.113
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i27330
43.097
dwc_class_added  i27275
43.01
gbif_reference_added  i27185
42.868
gbif_vernacularname_added  i27169
42.843
dwc_specificepithet_added  i26534
41.842
dwc_multimedia_added  i23195
36.577
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i17265
27.225
taxon_match_failed  i4672
7.367
dwc_family_replaced  i922
1.454
rev_geocode_eez  i893
1.408
geopoint_low_precision  i624
0.984
dwc_order_replaced  i167
0.263
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i23
0.036
dwc_family_added  i10
0.016
dwc_order_added  i10
0.016
dwc_taxonrank_added  i10
0.016
rev_geocode_mismatch  i5
0.008
rev_geocode_corrected  i4
0.006
rev_geocode_failure  i4
0.006
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i4
0.006
dwc_continent_replaced  i1
0.002
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i1
0.002
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i1
0.002
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