| Description for specialists | A specialized ichthyological collection of 907 specimens from the historical collection of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” collected from 1873 to 1999 in Europe (essentially in Italy), with specimens also from Indoaustralian Region, South America, China and Japan.
The Orders and the Families represented are the follows: Order Acipenseriformes (Fam. Acipenseridae), Order Anguilliformes (Fam.: Anguillidae Congridae, Muraenidae, Nemichthydae, Nettastomidae, Ophichthidae), Order Aulopiformes (Fam.: Aulopodidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Ipnopidae, Myctophidae, Synodontidae), Order Beloniformes (Fam.: Belonidae, Exocoetidae, Holocentridae, Trachichthyidae), Order Beryciformes (Fam.: Holocentridae), Order Carcharhiniformes (Fam.: Carcharhinidae, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae), Order: Characiformes (Fam.: Alestiidae, Characidae, Chimaeridae), Order Clupeiformes (Fam.: Argentinidae, Clupeidae, Engraulidae), Order Cyprinidontiformes (Fam. Cyprinodontidae), Order Cypriniformes (Fam.: Cobitididae, Cyprinidae), Order Gadiformes (Fam.: Gadidae, Lotidae, Macrouridae, Merlucciidae, Moridae), Order Lamniformes (Fam.: Alopiidae), Order Lampriformes (Fam.: Trachipteridae), Order Lophiiformes (Fam.: Antennaridae, Lophiidae), Order Myctophiformes (Fam. Myctophidae), Order Notocanthiformes (Fam. Notacanthidae), Order Ophiidiformes (Fam. Carapidae), Order Osteoglossiformes (Fam. Mormyridae), Order Perciformes (Fam.: Acanthuridae, Apogonidae, Belontiidae, Blenniidae, Callanthidae, Callionymidae), Order Perciformes (Fam.: Acanthuridae, Caproidae, Carangidae, Centracanthidae, Centrarchidae, Centropomidae, Cepolidae, Chaetodontidae, Cichlidae, Coryphaenidae, Echeneidae, Gempylidae, Gobiidae, Haemulidae, Labridae, Leiognathidae, Lethrinidae, Lutjanidae, Mugilidae, Mullidae, Nemipteridae, Pempheridae, Percichthyidae, Percidae, Pomacentridae, Priacanthidae, Scaridae, Sciaenidae, Scombridae, Serranidae, Siganidae, Sparidae, Sphyraenidae, Teraponidae, Trachinidae, Trichiuridae, Uranoscopidae, Xiphiidae), Order Petromyzontiformes (Fam. Petromyzontidae), Order Pleuronectiformes (Fam.: Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectidae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae), Order Polypteriformes (Fam: Polypteridae), Order Pristiformes (Fam. Pristidae), Order Rajiformes (Fam.: Myliobatidae, Rajidae, Rhinobatidae), Order Salmoniformes (Fam. Salmonidae), Order Scorpaeniformes (Fam.: Cottidae, Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, Platycephalidae, Scorpaenidae, Synanceiidae, Tetrarogidae, Triglidae), Order Siluriformes (Fam.: Bagridae, Loricaridae, Mochokidae, Plotosidae, Siluridae, Malapteruridae), Order Squaliformes (Fam.: Dalatiidae, Squalidae, Squatinidae), Order Stomiiformes (Fam.: Sternoptychidae, Stomiatidae), Order Synbranchiformes (Fam. Synbranchidae), Order Syngnathiformes (Fam.: Aulostomidae, Macroramphosidae, Syngnathidae), Order Tetraodontiformes (Fam.: Balistidae, Diodontidae, Molidae, Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae), Order Torpediniformes (Fam. Torpedinidae), Order Zeiformes (Fam. Zeidae).
The material is identified and adequately curated |