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UF FLMNH Ichthyology

Specimen Records: 240,819
Media Records: 8,774
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-01-26

The UF Fish Collection, dating to 1917, contains 214,205 lots and 2,300,803 specimens. Included are representatives of 8,250 species from 400 families. The collection includes 93 primary types and approximately 1,600 lots of secondary types representing 563 species. Also in the collection are 5,825 specimens of disarticulated and articulated skeletons representing 875 species. Especially notable are historic collections of large and important marine fishes as well as rapidly growing collections of freshwater fishes from Southeast Asia. In 2006, the museum expanded its program to archive frozen tissue samples with a newly established UF Genetic Resources Collection. Tissues of fishes are stored in -20ºC freezers and number 4,150 samples of 900 species. All specimens and tissues are databased online and available for loan.

Contacts

Name Rob Robins
RoleIchthyology Collection Manager
Emailrhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
Name Rob Robins
RoleIchthyology Collection Manager
Emailrhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
Name Rob Robins
RoleIchthyology Collection Manager
Emailrhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
Name Rob Robins
RoleIchthyology Collection Manager
Emailrhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
  • 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
geopoint_datum_missing  i234864
97.527
dwc_datasetid_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_kingdom_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_parentnameusageid_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_phylum_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_taxonid_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i231987
96.333
dwc_taxonrank_added  i231987
96.333
gbif_canonicalname_added  i231987
96.333
gbif_genericname_added  i231987
96.333
gbif_taxon_corrected  i231987
96.333
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i231791
96.251
gbif_reference_added  i231006
95.925
gbif_vernacularname_added  i225050
93.452
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i218682
90.808
dwc_multimedia_added  i182712
75.871
dwc_country_replaced  i168334
69.901
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i133371
55.382
rev_geocode_eez  i102944
42.747
dwc_continent_replaced  i101859
42.297
dwc_order_replaced  i91441
37.971
dwc_family_replaced  i37559
15.596
taxon_match_failed  i22051
9.157
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i6564
2.726
scientificname_added  i4592
1.907
dwc_genus_replaced  i2795
1.161
rev_geocode_mismatch  i2512
1.043
geopoint_low_precision  i1894
0.786
rev_geocode_failure  i744
0.309
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i581
0.241
dwc_stateprovince_replaced  i439
0.182
rev_geocode_corrected  i270
0.112
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i174
0.072
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i155
0.064
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i75
0.031
geopoint_0_coord  i39
0.016
geopoint_similar_coord  i28
0.012
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i19
0.008
dwc_class_replaced  i12
0.005
datecollected_bounds  i9
0.004
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i7
0.003
rev_geocode_flip_lon_sign  i6
0.002
rev_geocode_both_sign  i4
0.002
rev_geocode_flip  i4
0.002
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