Auburn University Museum of Natural History Fishes Voucher Collections
Citation
Werneke D (2024). Auburn University Museum of Natural History Fishes Voucher Collections. Version 8.2. Auburn University Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dm3oyz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.Description
The Fish Collection at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History has fishes from all over the world. The collection has particularly large holdings of fishes from the Southeastern US and South America. Approximately 750,000 preserved specimens in more than 72,000 lots are cataloged in the collection.
Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
All ichthyological specimens are identified to family, genus and/or species.
-
Myxinirank: class
-
Petromyzontirank: class
-
Cladistiirank: class
-
Elasmobranchiirank: class
-
Holocephalirank: class
-
Actinopterygiirank: class
-
Sarcopterygiirank: class
Geographic Coverages
Particularly strong are collections from all over Alabama and Georgia. Also included are specimens of most fish species of the United States and a significant collection of marine fishes from the Gulf of Mexico. The fish collection also includes a strong Neotropical fish collection from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. There are also significant collections from Africa and Southeast Asia.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
David Wernekeoriginator
position: Collections Manager
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse LIfe Sciences
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
email: wernedc@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
David Werneke
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse LIfe Sciences
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
email: wernedc@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org
John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu
Jonathon Armbruster
curator
position: Curator of Fishes
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
Telephone: +01 334-844-9261
email: armbrjw@mail.auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org
David Werneke
administrative point of contact
position: Collections Manager
Auburn University Museum of Natural History
101 Rouse LIfe Sciences
Auburn University
36849
AL
US
email: wernedc@auburn.edu
homepage: http://aumnh.org