Fish Specimen Collection of National Museum, Philippines

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) on Jul 28, 2026 ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Publication date:
July 28, 2026
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

Updated version of museum collection of common and commercial fish species in Philippines. Samples are collected within the landing sites and markets of commercial port and nearby seas.

Data Records

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Elloran C (2019): Fish Collection of National Museum, Philippines. v1.13. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). Dataset/Occurrence. http://bim-mirror.aseanbiodiversity.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=ph_fish_collection_museum_b1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 18896efa-22df-4fbd-9782-42f47257e753.  ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity.

Keywords

Occurrence; Philippines; ASEAN; ASIA; ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity; Museum collections; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Christian Elloran
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Division Director
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
  • Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, University of the Philippines
4031 Los Baños
Laguna
PH
  • 0495362865

Geographic Coverage

Global Data coverage of fish collection in Philippines

Bounding Coordinates South West [4.916, 116.719], North East [20.138, 128.145]

Collection Data

Collection Name National Museum of the Philippines
Collection Identifier https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol

Additional Metadata

Purpose
Maintenance Description Updated version of Philippine Museum Fish Collection
Alternative Identifiers 18896efa-22df-4fbd-9782-42f47257e753
https://ipt.aseanbiodiversity.org/resource?r=ph_fish_collection_museum_b1