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

Parupeneus margaritatusParatype

BPBM 21220 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz, aboard M/V "Lemuru", 1977

Qatar, Bahrain

Plotosus nkungaParatype

BPBM 27857 · J.E. Randall, G.R. Allen, M.M. Smith, and P.C. Heemstra, 1979

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Skythrenchelys macrostomusHolotype

BPBM 29320 · R. Lubbock and P. Etherington-Smith, 1972

Sudan, Sudan

Parupeneus margaritatusParatype

BPBM 29410 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz, aboard M/V "Lemuru", 1977

Bahrain, Qatar

Epinephelus polylepisHolotype

BPBM 30580 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz, aboard M/V "Lemuru", station 5, 1977

Bahrain, Bahrain

Pterocaesio lativittataParatype

BPBM 30818 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz and P.L. Colin, 1974

Cocos-Keeling Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Helcogramma aquilaParatype

BPBM 32855 · G.D. Johnson and W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1987

Batan Island, Philippines

Helcogramma inclinataParatype

BPBM 32856 · G.D. Johnson and W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1987

Batan Island, Philippines

Ostorhinchus gularisParatype

BPBM 36421 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz, aboard R/V "Lummetji", 1977

Bahrain, Bahrain

Chlidichthys smithaeHolotype

BPBM 16295 · J.E. Randall and M.M. Smith, 1973

Mauritius

Chlidichthys randalliHolotype

BPBM 16299 · J.E. Randall and M.M. Smith, 1973

Mauritius

Chlidichthys auratusParatype

BPBM 16411 · R. Lubbock and P. Etherington-Smith, 1972

Sudan

Centropyge joculatorParatype

BPBM 17576 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz and P.L. Colin, 1974

Cocos-Keeling Islands

Centropyge coliniParatype

BPBM 17577 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz and P.L. Colin, 1974

Cocos-Keeling Islands

Scorpaenopsis longispinaHolotype

BPBM 20148 · J.E. Randall and M.M. Smith, 1973

Mauritius

Synodus variegatusNeotype

BPBM 20192 · J.E. Randall and M.M. Smith, 1973

Mauritius

Cheilodipterus persicusParatype

BPBM 21256 · J.E. Randall, G.R. Allen, and W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1977

Bahrain

Istiblennius spilotusParatype

BPBM 21353 · J.E. Randall and W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1977

Muscat

Chromis xanthopterygiaParatype

BPBM 21356 · J.E. Randall and W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1977

Muscat

Siphamia arabicaParatype

BPBM 21439 · W.F. Smith-Vaniz, 1977

Muscat

Colletteichthys occidentalisParatype

BPBM 21485 · J.E. Randall, W.F. Smith-Vaniz, G.R. Allen, and P. Hunnam, 1977

Qatar

Valenciennea persicaParatype

BPBM 21493 · J.E. Randall, W.F. Smith-Vaniz, G.R. Allen, and P. Hunnam, 1977

Qatar

Abudefduf natalensisParatype

BPBM 22732 · J.E. Randall, G.R. Allen, P.C. Heemstra, M.M. Smith, M. Smale, and R. Stobbs, 1979

KwaZulu-Natal

Eviota disruptaParatype

BPBM 22891 · C.L. Smith and R. Mathews, 1970

Bora-Bora