Burton Ostenson Museum Ichthyology Collection (PLUNHM-PLUICH)

The Ichthyology Collection at the PLU Burton Ostenson Museum contains over 4,000 specimens representing more than 500 species collected primarily from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research.
Contacts: Jacob Egge, eggejj@plu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 7d4f5d64-05e4-412b-84ed-72897b88badd
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Pacific Lutheran University
Access Rights: not-for-profit use only
Collection Statistics
  • 705 specimen records
  • 245 (35%) georeferenced
  • 653 (93%) identified to species
  • 104 families
  • 218 genera
  • 306 species
  • 306 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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