UCM Fish Collection (Arctos)

Vertebrate Zoology in the CU Museum of Natural History is a biodiversity repository of more than 120,000 specimens from five taxa: Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles (Herpetology), Birds, and Mammals. With the exception of birds, our collections are the largest collections of their kind in Colorado. Since our specimens document changes in biodiversity over the last 200 years, they are treasures of biological and historical significance. The collection of fishes is primarily preserved in fluid, with some osteological and dried specimens. It contains over 24,000 specimens in roughly 1,900 lots. The majority were collected in Colorado, although there is a worldwide representation of both marine and freshwater species. Many specimens were collected in the early 1900s by Max M. Ellis, including several hundred from Guyana. The collection also includes about 2000 Salmonid specimens donated by Robert J. Behnke, Colorado State University Professor Emeritus and the author of Trout and Salmon of North America. Nearly 10% of our holdings are representatives of endangered and threatened species.科罗拉多大学（CU）自然历史博物馆的脊椎动物学（Vertebrate Zoology）馆藏为一座生物多样性标本库，收纳了涵盖5个类群的逾12万件标本，分别为鱼类、两栖类与爬行类（两栖爬行动物学（Herpetology））、鸟类及哺乳类。除鸟类馆藏外，本馆该类群标本馆藏为科罗拉多州规模最大的同类标本收藏。由于本馆标本记录了过去200年间的生物多样性变迁，因此兼具极高的生物学与历史研究价值。鱼类馆藏主要以液浸标本形式保存，同时附带部分骨骼标本与干制标本，总计约1900个采集批次、逾24000件标本。馆藏标本绝大多数采集自科罗拉多州，但同时涵盖了全球范围内的海洋与淡水鱼类物种。馆藏中有大量标本由马克斯·M·埃利斯（Max M. Ellis）于20世纪早期采集，其中包括数百件采自圭亚那的标本。此外，馆藏还包含由科罗拉多州立大学荣誉退休教授、《北美鳟鱼与鲑鱼》一书作者罗伯特·J·贝赫茨（Robert J. Behnke）捐赠的约2000件鲑科（Salmonid）标本。馆藏中近10%的标本为濒危与受威胁物种的代表性标本。