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Bell Museum fishes (JFBM-Fishes)

Records of zoological specimens at J. F. Bell Museum of Natural Hitory (University of Minnesota)
Contact: Dr. Andrew Simons (asimons@umn.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 April 2021
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History
Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.
Collection Statistics
  • 40,409 specimen records
  • 34,724 (86%) georeferenced
  • 7,957 (20%) with images
  • 39,884 (99%) identified to species
  • 227 families
  • 747 genera
  • 1,658 species
  • 1,660 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Alosa (57)
  • Anodontostoma (13)
  • Brevoortia (18)
  • Chirocentrus (5)
  • Clupea (11)
  • Clupeichthys (2)
  • Clupeoides (1)
  • Corica (1)
  • Dorosoma (120)
  • Dussumieria (17)
  • Escualosa (10)
  • Gilchristella (2)
  • Herklotsichthys (14)
  • Hilsa (2)
  • Nematalosa (17)
  • Sardinella (44)
  • Sardinops (2)
  • Spratelloides (3)
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