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1,100,502 specimens across 6 departments, collected since 1754 — 100,256 names, 42,336 type specimens.
Chlorurus microrhinosParatype
BPBM 813 · Native fisherman, via A. Seale, 1902
Mangareva Island
Coris marquesensis
BPBM 10430 · Purchased from local fisherman by D.W. Strasburg, 1958
Nukuhiva
Chromis vanderbilti
BPBM 12300 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Anarchias
BPBM 12710 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Antennatus tuberosus
BPBM 13616 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu
Sebastapistes coniorta
BPBM 13796 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu
Sebastapistes ballieui
BPBM 13807 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu
Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides
BPBM 15169 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Myripristis amaena
BPBM 15173 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Thalassoma trilobatum
BPBM 15202 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
BPBM 15244 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Atherinomorus insularum
BPBM 15264 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu
Canthigaster solandri
BPBM 15332 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Halichoeres ornatissimus
BPBM 15347 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Canthigaster amboinensis
BPBM 15358 · W.A. Gosline, J.E. Randall, and Gilbertese fisherman, 1953
Wake Island
Cirripectes obscurus
BPBM 30988 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu
Kelloggella oligolepis
BPBM 31259 · W.A. Gosline, A.H. Banner, D.W. Strasburg, and ~. Sherman, 1950
Oʻahu