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Ichthyology at a Glance

(Fishes)

Established: 1864

Collection Strengths: 680,000 preserved specimens, mainly in ethanol, with an emphasis on Midwest fishes: also significant osteological preparations; geographically and taxonomically diverse tissue collection of 11,000 fishes.

Research Strengths: Evolution and systematics of fishes.

Curator: Leo Smith
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Collection Manager: Andrew Bentley
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Biodiversity Institute Research Divisions

• Archaeology
• ​Biodiversity Modeling
• Botany
• Entomology
• Herpetology
• Ichthyology
• Informatics
• Invertebrate Paleontology
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Mammalogy
• Ornithology
• Paleobotany
• Vertebrate Paleontology