Ichthyology Resources | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
This nocturnal squirrelfish is normally found hiding in caves and crevices.
Ichthyology Contact Information
General Inquiries:
Telephone: (213) 763-3374
Fax: (213) 748-4432
Rick Feeney
Collections Manager, Ichthyology
rfeeney@nhm.org
Christine Thacker
Curator, Ichthyology
thacker@nhm.org
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Ichthyology Resources
In addition to our main collections in Ichthyology, we maintain special collections including:
- Giles Mead Library, over 25,000 databased reprints and books concerning the systematics, ecology and evolution of fishes
- Fitch Otolith Collection, approximately 100,000 recent and fossil otoliths donated by the late John E. Fitch
- Larval Fish Collection, representatives of early life history stages for approximately 20% of our 10,000 species, making us an important center for larval fish research
- Frozen Tissue Collection, more than 1,200 tissues suitable for molecular analysis, specializing in Gobiiformes
- Osteological Collection, 7000 skeletons representing a variety of species of fish and elasmobranchs from around the world