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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
  • Campostoma (695)
  • Chrosomus (95)
  • Clinostomus (32)
  • Ctenopharyngodon (1)
  • Cyprinella (567)
  • Cyprinus (5)
  • Erimystax (65)
  • Hybognathus (12)
  • Hybopsis (72)
  • Hypophthalmichthys (1)
  • Luxilus (580)
  • Lythrurus (386)
  • Macrhybopsis (43)
  • Nocomis (183)
  • Notemigonus (17)
  • Notropis (1393)
  • Opsopoeodus (8)
  • Phenacobius (21)
  • Pimephales (649)
  • Rhinichthys (117)
  • Semotilus (436)