Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Fish collection

The fish collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences consists of more than 285,000 specimens. Oceanographer Gustave Gilson (director of the RBINS in 1909) started the collection during his study of the North Sea. It was the very first study of marine fauna in Belgium. The Institute has type material for 325 species. Central African fish species are well represented thanks to expeditions to the national parks in Congo. Missions by His Majesty Leopold III and RBINS biologist Jean-Pierre Gosse have also yielded many South American species. The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Pisces collection contains 9007 digitised specimens of 1896 taxa. The following classes are included: Actinopterygii, Cephalaspidomorphi, Cephalochordata Owen, Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797, Chondrichtyes, Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797, Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758, Myxini, Sarcopterygii比利时皇家自然科学研究所（Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences）的鱼类馆藏共计收录超过285000件标本。海洋学家古斯塔夫·吉尔松（Gustave Gilson，1909年时任该研究所所长）在开展北海海域调查研究期间创立了该馆藏，这也是比利时首次系统性研究本国海洋动物区系。该研究所馆藏包含325个物种的模式标本。得益于对刚果国家公园的科考探险，馆藏中部非洲鱼类物种十分丰富；比利时国王利奥波德三世（His Majesty Leopold III）与该研究所生物学家让-皮埃尔·戈斯（Jean-Pierre Gosse）主导的科考行动，也采集到了大量南美鱼类物种。 比利时皇家自然科学研究所的鱼类馆藏收录了1896个分类单元下的9007件数字化标本，涵盖的类群包括：辐鳍鱼纲（Actinopterygii）、七鳃鳗纲（Cephalaspidomorphi）、头索动物纲（Cephalochordata Owen）、头足纲（Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797）、软骨鱼纲（Chondrichtyes）、腹足纲（Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797）、哺乳纲（Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758）、盲鳗纲（Myxini）、肉鳍鱼纲（Sarcopterygii）