[Nhcoll-l] Suggestions for how to store dried ichthyology specimens

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Elizabeth

We store all of our dry specimens in polycarbonate boxes of various sizes that we purchase from here:  http://www.durphypkg.com/unhinged_boxes.pdf.  I would suggest storing your dried specimens in much the same manner.  The fact that these are clear gives easy access to observing the specimen for both morphology and pest indicators.  We store all of these dry skeleton boxes in high quality cabinets to prevent pest infestations.

Hope that helps

Andy
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Andy Bentley
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Elizabeth Wommack
Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 5:37 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Suggestions for how to store dried ichthyology specimens

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions on how to house dried ichthyology specimens for long term storage.

We have a researcher who picked up some dried fish in Africa. The fish were dried in the sun and then brought back as is for research (so no ETOH or other chemicals). They have been sampled for DNA and some basic morphological measurements were taken. There are no future plans to sample the specimens further or rehydrate them by the current lab, so they are ready to donate them to the collection.

I was thinking that we could store the specimens in our dry collection with the skeletal material, perhaps in small jars. Does anyone have any experience housing full dried fish in their collections?

Any recommendations would be very much appreciated.

Thank you,
Beth Wommack

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Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
University of Wyoming,
Laramie, WY 82071
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