List of catalogued fish species in the Texas A&M University Systematic Collection of Marine Organisms

Date

1977

Authors

Pequegnat, Linda H., Willis E. Pequegnat, and Rezneat M. Darnell

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Publisher

Texas A&M University

Abstract

This report includes a brief description of the purposes and functions of the Texas A&M University Systematic Collection of Marine Organisms, a listing of the sources and general localities from which most of the fish specimens were obtained, and a detailed list of species in the collection by scientific and common names presented phylogenetically by families. In addition, a detailed alphabetical listing of scientific and common names is given in the index for convenient reference. A total of 521 species of marine fishes from 114 families are listed which were collected in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea from shallow water to abyssal depths.

Description

42 pgs.

Keywords

taxonomy, fish, ichthyology, marine fish, identification keys, marine organisms

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