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Issue: Vol. 3962 No. 1: 22 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.4
Page range: 10–113
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 49

Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Natural Resource and Environment Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing, China.
National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Catalogue Type specimens Fishes China Pisces

Abstract

A checklist of type specimens housed in the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, is presented for research and scientific communication. Included are 80 holotypes, 1 lectotype, 1 neotype, 402 paratypes and 17 syntypes of 99 species belonging to 28 families and 12 orders. With 60 species, Cypriniformes has the largest representation. All of the specimens were collected in China and neighboring countries in the past 90 years.