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Eastern Kentucky University Ichthyology Collection (EKU-Ichthyology)

Fish specimens collected in Kentucky and surrounding areas.
Contacts: Sherry Harrel, Sherry.Harrel@EKU.EDU
Homepage: http://biology.eku.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 1dd55194-b80f-4a21-8c7d-0f27ed8208f8
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://csvcoll.org/portal/content/dwca/EKU-Ichthyology_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 13,123 specimen records
  • 12,763 (97%) georeferenced
  • 12,933 (99%) identified to species
  • 25 families
  • 68 genera
  • 262 species
  • 264 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Carpiodes (12)
  • Catostomus (147)
  • Erimyzon (26)
  • Hypentelium (448)
  • Ictiobus (6)
  • Minytrema (20)
  • Moxostoma (319)
  • Thoburnia (8)