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1,100,502 specimens across 6 departments, collected since 1754 — 100,256 names, 42,336 type specimens.

Decapterus macarellus

BPBM 3864 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Johnston Atoll

Caranx sexfasciatus

BPBM 3879 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Kiritimati Atoll

Gnathanodon speciosus

BPBM 3882 · S.C. Ball, 1925

Oʻahu

Trachinotus baillonii

BPBM 3890 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Malden Island

Fowleria variegata

BPBM 38920 · P. Helfrich, M. Foster, D. Pendleton, J. Ball, and F. Tryka, 1972

Tutuila Island

Fowleria

BPBM 38921 · P. Helfrich, M. Foster, D. Pendleton, J. Ball, and F. Tryka, 1972

Tutuila Island

Kuhlia malo

BPBM 3921 · S.C. Ball, 1925

Tahiti

Kuhlia xenura

BPBM 3923 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Laysan

Acanthurus maculiceps

BPBM 39303 · Brent Carman and Josh Ballauer, 2003

Hawaiʻi Island

Kuhlia xenura

BPBM 3931 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Laysan

Kuhlia xenura

BPBM 3932 · J. Baker and S.C. Ball, 1923

Lisianski

Kuhlia

BPBM 3936 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Penrhyn Atoll

Kuhlia

BPBM 3940 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Fanning Island

Kuhlia

BPBM 3941 · G.P. Wilder and S.C. Ball, 1924

Penrhyn Atoll

Cephalopholis

BPBM 3954 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Penrhyn Atoll

Epinephelus macrospilos

BPBM 3964 · W. Rogers and S.C. Ball, 1924

Kiritimati Atoll

Epinephelus merra

BPBM 3971 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Penrhyn Atoll

Epinephelus spilotoceps

BPBM 3975 · S.C. Ball, 1924

Fanning Island

Caprodon longimanus

BPBM 3980 · S.C. Ball, 1926

Hawaiian Islands

Kyphosus sandwicensis

BPBM 4038 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Laysan

Kyphosus sandwicensis

BPBM 4041 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Johnston Atoll

Chromis atripectoralis

BPBM 40484 · P. Helfrich, M. Foster, D. Pendleton, J. Ball, and F. Tryka, 1972

Tutuila Island

Parupeneus porphyreus

BPBM 4056 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Laysan

Parupeneus multifasciatus

BPBM 4063 · S.C. Ball, 1923

Laysan