Join Melanie Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator in the Department of Ichthyology, in a behind-the-scenes tour through the Museum's vast collection of fishes.
The Department of Ichthyology, one of the four departments within the Museum's Division of Vertebrate Zoology, houses a collection that comprises more than 2 million specimens from around the world, with a special focus on African, Australian, Central American, Chinese, and Malagasy fresh water fishes as well as Bahamian and Gulf of Mexican shore fishes.
Learn more about the Museum’s Ichthyology collection here.