Collections

The old NIA-Net was one of the first aggregators of museum collection data. Today, several data aggregators are used by museums and museums often have online collections of their own. Here are links to the aggregators and important neotropical repositories with separate databases.

Data Aggregators

 Museum Sites

This is an incomplete list, please send your link to Jon Armbruster to be added.

To see other collections that may house Neotropical Fishes, See Sabaj 2022 (Excel File) or The Catalog of Fishes.

ANSP           Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

AMNH        American Museum of Natural History

AUM     Auburn University Museum of Natural History

BMNH         Natural History Museum London

CAS              California Academy of Sciences

CU                Cornell University

FMNH         Field Museum of Natural History

INHS             Illinois Natural History Survey

MCP             Museum de Ciências e Tecnologia, PUCRS

MCZ              Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

MNHN          Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle                      

NRM             Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

OS                 Oregon State University

ROM             Royal Ontario Museum (images)

UF                University of Florida

UMMZ          University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

USNM           National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution