Codes for Natural History Collections in Ichthyology and Herpetology

Assembled here is a reasonably complete list of annotated codes for historical and modern natural history collections associated with lost and extant specimens of fossil and Recent fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. A total of 3,845 codes are anchored to about 2,064 distinct collections and/or institutions in 155 countries. At least 633 of those collections are exclusively paleontological or include fossil specimens. The list is primarily derived from the scientific literature and may serve as a resource for plainly citing specimens in publications and for linking such citations to records in online databases.

• UO
  University of Southern California
• VU
  Vanderbilt University
• UO
  University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• AS
  Arizona State University
• AS
  Arkansas State University
• AU
  Auburn University
• AT
  Arkansas Tech University
• SA
  Southern Arkansas University
• UO
  University of South Alabama
• UO
  University of Alabama
• NM
  National Museum of Nature and Science
• UN
  Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• UO
  University of Tokyo
• MN
  Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
• TU
  Tokyo University of Agriculture
• UO
  University of the Ryukyus
• NI
  National Institute of Polar Research
• IN
  Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuacultura
• DF
  Directorate for Biological Sciences
• NO
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• MO
  Museum of the North, University of Alaska
• UO
  University of California, Santa Barbara
• CS
  California State University Long Beach
• CS
  California State University, Fullerton
• SG
  Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
• NM
  National Marine Fisheries Service
• NF
  Northwest Fisheries Science Center