Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Marine Vertebrates, Search the Fish Collection Database The Collection contains approximately 2 million specimens, with more than 4,500 catalogued species, including 180 primary types. About 200 collections are added each year. Although the Collection is worldwide, deep-sea and pelagic fishes and eastern Pacific shorefishes are emphasized. Included are large holdings of shorefishes from the Gulf of California and Panama and an extensive skeletal collection of both dried preparations and cleared-and-stained specimens in glycerin, with more than 700 species represented. The otolith collection contains otoliths from approximately 500 species. Approximately 80,000 lots are on a computerized database and more are added as time permits.
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