Dataset

KUBI Ichthyology Collection

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The University of Kansas Ichthyology collection contains more than 680,000 specimens of fishes from around the world and is the basis of the research and educational activities of the Division of Ichthyology. The collection has an emphasis on freshwater fishes of the central United States and also has significant marine and estuarine collections. The fish collection has representation from 3171 taxa (297 families and 1262 genera) and 79 countries including Ecuador, Fiji, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, and various marine 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.

Published: December 01, 2025 at 19:51

URL: http://ichthyology.specify.ku.edu/static/depository/export_feed/kui-dwca.zip

Andrew Bentley
KU Biodiversity Institute

Laura Russell
VertNet

44,370
occurrence records
2,135
taxa
1,884
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 40,827
92.0%
decimalLatitude 1,427
3.2%
decimalLongitude 1,427
3.2%
eventDate 805 43,118
99.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 42,042
94.8%
minimumDepthInMeters 42,533
95.9%
occurrenceStatus 44,370
100.0%
scientificName 1
0.0%
scientificNameID 44,370
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 42,008
94.7%
ON_LAND 39,444
88.9%
NOT_MARINE 33,451
75.4%
NO_COORD 1,427
3.2%
NO_MATCH 674
1.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 136
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data