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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.

Siganus spinus

BPBM 10548 · J.J. Magnuson, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Bora-Bora

Scolecenchelys macroptera

BPBM 11890 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 55, 1962

Tongatapu Island

Hyporhamphus affinis

BPBM 16842 · J.J. Magnuson and H. Yuen, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll

Holacanthus tricolor

BPBM 17646 · C.R. Gilbert and J.C. Tyler, 1964

Grand Cayman

Lutjanus fulvus

BPBM 22881 · J.J. Magnuson, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Tahuata Island

Lutjanus guttatus

BPBM 25193 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 47, 1960

Pacific Ocean; off coast of Mexico

Gerres

BPBM 25194 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 47, station 5, 1960

Mexico

Epigonus

BPBM 25201 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50 (perhaps station 3), 1960

Kingman Reef

Percophidae

BPBM 25202 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50 (perhaps station 3), 1960

Kingman Reef

Gempylidae

BPBM 25203 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50 (perhaps station 3), 1960

Kingman Reef

Cirripectes polyzona

BPBM 25204 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50 (perhaps station 3), 1960

Kingman Reef

Hyporhamphus dussumieri

BPBM 25205 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50, station 4, 1960

Kingman Reef

Tripterygiidae

BPBM 25206 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50, station 4, 1960

Kingman Reef

Parupeneus

BPBM 25207 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50, station 4, 1960

Kingman Reef

Scorpaenopsis macrochir

BPBM 25208 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50, station 18, 1960

Tahiti

Alectis ciliaris

BPBM 25209 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 50, station 25, 1960

Nukuhiva

Myrichthys colubrinus

BPBM 25210 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 52, 1961

Johnston Atoll

Chaetodon auriga

BPBM 25212 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, station 56, 1961

Bora-Bora

Cheilinus chlorourus

BPBM 25213 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, station 56, 1961

Bora-Bora

Chaetodon ulietensis

BPBM 25214 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, station 56, 1961

Bora-Bora

Canthigaster

BPBM 25215 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, station 56, 1961

Bora-Bora

Neoniphon sammara

BPBM 25216 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll

Neoniphon argenteus

BPBM 25217 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll

Gomphosus

BPBM 25218 · R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54, 1961

Rangiroa Atoll