This report includes a brief description of the purposes and functions of the Texas A&M University Systematic Collection of Marine Organisms, a listing of the sources and general localities from which most of the fish specimens were obtained, and a detailed list of species in the Collection by scientific and common names presented phylogenetically by families. In addition, a detailed alphabetical listing of scientific and common names is given in the index for convenient reference. A total of 521 species of marine fishes from 114 families are listed which were collected in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea from shallow water to abyssal depths. A bibliography of publications, theses, and dissertations based upon fish specimens in the Collection is presented.

Sea Grant Publications

Funding: NOAA Office of Sea Grants; grant number: 04-5-158-19;