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

1,100,502 records are online, about 5% of the Museum's 22 million specimens. More are added every day.

Abudefduf sordidus

BPBM 25716 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 30, 1956

Fatuhiva

Caranx melampygus

BPBM 25717 · D.W. Strasburg, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 30, 1956

Nukuhiva

Psenes cyanophrys

BPBM 25727 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 35, 1957

Eiao

Caranx sexfasciatus

BPBM 25728 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 35, 1957

Eiao

Sardinella melanura

BPBM 25761 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 43, station 39, 1959

Tahiti

Myctophidae

BPBM 25819 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 98, 1967

Kiritimati Atoll

Myripristis kuntee

BPBM 25846 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 117, 1970

Ofu Island

Canthidermis maculata

BPBM 25906 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 64, drogue 3, 1963

Oʻahu

Echeneis naucrates

BPBM 25933 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, station 56, 1961

Bora-Bora

Cypselurus simus

BPBM 25934 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 12, 1953

Oʻahu

Asterropteryx semipunctata

BPBM 25982 · J.J. Magnuson and H. Yuen, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll

Kuhlia petiti

BPBM 26349 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 32, station 23, 1957

Uapou

Scomber japonicus

BPBM 26960 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 117, 1970

Seram

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

BPBM 27995 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll

Sebastapistes coniorta

BPBM 28137 · Charles K. Barry, 1964

Oʻahu

Sebastapistes fowleri

BPBM 28138 · Charles K. Barry, 1964

Oʻahu

Sebastapistes ballieui

BPBM 28139 · Charles K. Barry, 1964

Oʻahu

Caracanthus typicus

BPBM 28140 · Charles K. Barry, 1964

Oʻahu

Sebastapistes fowleri

BPBM 28141 · Charles K. Barry, 1965

Oʻahu

Sargocentron caudimaculatum

BPBM 29263 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Nukuhiva

Sardinella

BPBM 29678 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 43, station 39, 1959

Tahiti

Diceratias pileatus

BPBM 30655 · Rick Rose, via Charles Daxboeck, 1985

Hawaiʻi Island

Parupeneus insularis

BPBM 30859 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Nukuhiva

Cirripectes variolosus

BPBM 31005 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Nukuhiva