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Ichthyology and Herpetology Collections

Ichthyology

The Natural History Museum's ichthyology collection is searchable at www.vertnet.org/index.php, and at www.fishnet2.net.

If you are having difficulty with FishNet searches, try using the View Specimen Records option at the Fishnet portal. 

• Make sure “view specimen records” is selected and then click on “Build query.”
• At the  "Build query" form, select “Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (LACM) – Vertebrate Specimens” under data providers.
• Scroll down and select query conditions such as, “Genus” “equals” “Scorpaenichthys.”
• Scroll down and under “Specify results” select “Custom result set” and move a few additional fields (besides the default ones) over to the selected column, such as “country,” “state/province,” and “locality.” 
• For “Record start” put 0; increase “Record limit” to at least 1000.
• Click on “Submit query' and you should get a choice (e.g., see the results as a map, a table, a file, etc.).
• Click on “View data as table” and wait for it to load. Scroll down thru the file (“Download tabular results” also works).
• Save file to your computer.
• Open with Excel.
• Close the portal and webpage before you begin a new search; otherwise, the portal will tend to keep searching using your original criteria.

Herpetology

The Natural History Museum's herpetology collection is searchable at www.vertnet.org/index.php, and at www.herpnet.org.