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Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Zoologisches Museum, Berlin
(English) Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Zoologisches Museum, Fischabteilung, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. Curator: Hans-Joachim Paepke. Collection: the collection is catalogued but not computerized. Loans are possible (except old and fragile types) and material can be studied in the collection. Size: about 100,000 specimens, including skeletons and otoliths. Types: about 1,700 species are represented by types. Parts 1 and 2 of the type catalogue are already published (see Paepke & Seegers 1986; Paepke & Schmidt 1988), parts 3 and 4 are in press. Special features: Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean (including North Sea and Baltic Sea), freshwater fishes of Central Europe, Africa (former German colonies), South America; material of M.E. Bloch (1723-1799), J. Müller, Wilhelm Peters, A. Brauer (partly), Hemprich & Ehrenberg, J.O. Schneider, E. Ahl, Richard Schomburgk, etc. Remarks: only a few types have been lost in the early 19th century and during the WW II. (See also: fish collection)
Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Zoologisches Museum, Berlin
(French) Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Zoologisches Museum, Fischabteilung, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Allemagne. Cons. : Hans-Joachim Paepke. La collection est cataloguée mais non informatisée. Prêts et consultations sur place sont possibles (sauf spécimens anciens). Taille : environ 100,000 spécimens, y compris squelettes et otolithes. Types : environ 1,700 espèces sont représentées par les types. Tomes 1 et 2 du catalogue de type sont publiés (voir Paepke & Seegers 1986; Paepke & Schmidt 1988), Tomes 3 et 4 sont sous presse. Traits spéciaux : La Mer Rouge, l'Océan Atlantique (y compris la Mer Nord et la Mer Baltique), poissons des eaux douces d'Europe Centrale, d'Afrique (anciennes colonies Allemandes), d'Amérique du Sud ; matériel de M.E. Bloch (1723-1799), J. Müller, Wilhelm Peters, A. Brauer (en partie), Hemprich & Ehrenberg, J.O. Schneider, E. Ahl, Richard Schomburgk, et autres. Notes : quelques types ont été perdus pendant le 19ème siècle et pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale. (See also: fish collection)

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