The fishes collection in the Peabody’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology is worldwide in scope, with an emphasis on marine species.

• Deep sea fishes from the Atlantic and Pacific
• Western Atlantic nearshore fishes from the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
• East Pacific fishes from Mexico, Panama and Peru
• Indian Ocean nearshore fishes from Kenya, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Seychelles and Chagos Archipelago
• Freshwater fishes from Connecticut, Guyana and the African Great Lakes.

Holdings represent more than 10,000 specimen lots made up of approximately 100,000 individual specimens. Included in this are type specimens for 193 nominal species.

The Yale Peabody Museum’s collections are available to legitimate researchers for scholarly use. Loans are issued to responsible individuals at established institutions. Loans and access to the collection can be arranged through the Collections Manager.

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