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SIO Marine Vertebrate Collection

Specimen Records: 126,138
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2024-12-13

The Marine Vertebrate Collection of Scripps Institution of Oceanography maintains approximately 2 million alcohol-preserved specimens in over 120,000 lots, representing more than 5,600 species of fishes. The Collection maintains worldwide holdings of deep-sea and pelagic fishes as well as extensive holdings of shore fishes from the entire eastern Pacific. The Collection includes primary types of over 200 species (type catalog), skeletal preparations (both dried and cleared-and-stained) for over 1,000 species (osteology catalog), otoliths from approximately 1,100 species (otolith collection), and tissues for DNA from over 1,200 species. Collection data for approximately 110,000 lots are available on a searchable database. The Marine Vertebrate Collection supports scientific research by providing specimens for studies on the taxonomy, evolution, and ecology of fishes. Specimens are available for examination at Scripps and for loan to researchers at recognized institutions (loan policy). The Marine Vertebrate Collection also plays an integral role in the support of graduate courses and research at Scripps.

Contacts

Name Ben Frable
RoleCollection Manager
Emailbfrable@ucsd.edu
Name Ben Frable
RoleCollection Manager
Emailbfrable@ucsd.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name Laura Russell
RoleVertNet Programmer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Philip Hastings
RoleCurator
Emailphastings@ucsd.edu
Name HJ Walker
RoleEmeritus Collection Manager
Emailhjwalker@ucsd.edu
Name Ben Frable
RoleCollection Manager
Emailbfrable@ucsd.edu
  • Data Corrected
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  • 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
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98.146
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98.146
dwc_taxonid_added  i123800
98.146
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i123800
98.146
gbif_canonicalname_added  i123800
98.146
gbif_genericname_added  i123800
98.146
gbif_taxon_corrected  i123800
98.146
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i123203
97.673
gbif_reference_added  i122989
97.504
gbif_vernacularname_added  i117217
92.928
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i80876
64.117
dwc_multimedia_added  i73791
58.5
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i60564
48.014
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i57318
45.441
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i7194
5.703
taxon_match_failed  i5161
4.092
dwc_order_replaced  i2649
2.1
dwc_family_replaced  i2521
1.999
dwc_genus_replaced  i2261
1.792
dwc_continent_replaced  i1051
0.833
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i790
0.626
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i165
0.131
dwc_genus_added  i118
0.094
dwc_country_replaced  i39
0.031
dwc_class_replaced  i28
0.022
dwc_phylum_replaced  i25
0.02
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i1
0.001
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