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Material Entity: tissue

Disposition: In collection

Identifier Status: ACTIVE

Last Update: September 19, 2025
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Identification

Accepted NameBarbus
TaxonomyMetazoa > Chordata > Actinopteri > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae
Name According toNCBI Taxonomy
Original NameBarbus sp. (big mouth/big eye)
Taxonomy Original NameAnimalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > Barbus > sp. (big mouth/big eye)
Status Original Nameunclear genus
Resolving Stateresolved on genus level

Gathering

CountryEthiopia (Africa)
LocalityGumara River, near Wanzaye Hot Spring
Latitude | Longitude11.7783 | 37.7014
Collector(s)Dimmick, Walter W
Collector's numbers.n.
Collection Date1997-02-16
Collecting Sourcenot provided

Tissue

GUID/Occurrence IDbdc70802-a02b-464b-97aa-5ce3959ae69b
Catalog Number6308
Collection CodeKUIT
Institution CodeKU
Institution Full NameUniversity of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
Record BasisMaterialSample
Sample Typetissue
Establishment Meansnot provided

Preparation

TypeMuscle

Dataset Description

KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection

DescriptionThe University of Kansas Ichthyology frozen tissue collection continues to expand rapidly and has broad representation of both marine and freshwater fish diversity - 11,000 individual tissue samples from 2384 taxa (297 families and 1077 genera) and 38 countries (Australia, Belize, Ethiopia, Fiji, Nepal, Seychelles, South Africa and Tonga etc., as well as oceanic localities). The collections and the scope of research activities in the division continue to grow due to the ongoing activities of ichthyology staff and students. The collection is used by national and international researchers as well as by state and federal agencies. The Division of Ichthyology is designated as a Regional Center in the Midwest and Great Plains Regions (Collette & Lachner 1976, Copeia 1976: 625-642; Poss and Collette 1995, Copeia 1995: 48-70) and is among the top twenty ichthyological collections in the country. Almost 60% of the specimens in the collection are from the Great Plains Region. The collection is an important resource for anyone interested in the region's fishes. The data concerning these faunas are not extensively duplicated by other ichthyological collections. The tissue collection comprises tissue samples originally collected in liquid nitrogen, DMSO and ethanol and stored in state-of-the-art liquid nitrogen dewars at -170°C. The tissues are made up mostly of muscle tissue but also includes, liver and other internal organs, fin clips and whole specimens. A large proportion of our collection has vouchers held either at KU or at other collections. The provenance of these vouchers is indicated in the database.
RightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License and University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Data Publication and Use Norms

Contacts

Collection Manager
Andrew Bentley, abentley@ku.edu , 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., KS US, 66046, +01 785-864-3863
Collection Manager
Andrew Bentley, abentley@ku.edu , 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, KS US, 66045, +01 785-864-3863
VertNet Programmer
Laura Russell, larussell@gbif.org

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Disposition: In collection

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