| Code | Institution | Address | Country |
| AAU | Addis Ababa University | Dept. of Biology, P. O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa | Ethiopa |
| ABML | Auke Bay Marine Lab., Alaska & Northwestern Pacific Fisheries Center, | Natrional Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 | USA |
| ACAP | Aquaculture Center | Aomori, Aomori Prefecture | Japan |
| AIM | Auckland Institute and Museum | Private Bag, Auckland | New Zealand |
| AMG | Albany Museum | Somerset Street, Grahamstown 6140, Cape Province | South Africa |
| AMNH | American Museum of Natural History | 79th St. & Central Park West, New York, N.T. 10024 | USA |
| AMRL | Alabama Marine Resources Laboratory | P.O. Box 188 Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 | USA |
| AMS | Australian Museum | P.O. Box A285 6-8 College St., Sydney South, N.S.W. 2000 | Australia |
| ANSP | Academy of Natural Sciences | 19th and the Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 | USA |
| ANU | Australian National University | Dept. of Zoology, Canberra, ACT | Australia |
| ANWC | Australian National Wildlife Collection | Canberram ACT | Australia |
| APSU | Austin Peay State University | Museum, College Street, Clarkesville, Tennessee 37040 | USA |
| AQDM | Aqwuaculture Department Museum | Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Tigbauen, Iloilo City, Panay, | Philippines |
| ARC | Atlantic Reference Center | Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, New Brunswick E0G 2X0 | Canada |
| ARK | University of Arkansas | Museum, Fayettreville, Arkansas 72701 | USA |
| ASIO | Academia Sinica | Institute of Oceanology, 7 Nanhai Road, Quingdao (Tsingtao) | China (PRC) |
| ASIZB | Academia Sinica | Institute of Zoology, Beijing | China (PRC) |
| ASIZT | Academia Sinica | Institute of Zoology, Taipei 115, Taiwan | China (ROC) |
| ASSL | Academy of Science of St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri, 63105 | USA |
| ASU | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona 85281 | USA |
| AUM | Auburn University Museum | Dept. of Zoology-Entomology, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Alabama 36849-4201 | USA |
| AVG | Aqu‡rio Vasco da Gama | Rua Direita-Dafundo, P-1495 Lisboa | Portugal |
| BAH | Buiologische Anstalt Helgoland | Marine Station, 2192 Helgoland | Germany (FDR) |
| BCPM | British Columbia Provincial Museum | Victoria, British Columbia V8V 1X4 | Canada |
| BIUB | Mongolian Academy of Sciences | Biological Institute, Utan-Bator | Mongolian People's Republic USSR |
| BMAM | Beijing Natural History Museum | Bejing, | China (PRC) |
| BMNH | British Museum (Natural History) [see NHM (BMNH)] | Dept. of Zoology, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD England | UK |
| BNHM | Bombay Natural History Museum | Bombay | India |
| BNHMD | Natural History Museum | Bengal Natural History Society, Darjeeling, West Bengal | India |
| BPBM | Bernice P. Bishop Museum | Dept. of Zoology, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-0916 | USA |
| BSKU | Kochi University | Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi City 780 | Japan |
| BYU | Brigham Young University | Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Provo, Utah 84601 | USA |
| CA | Chicago Academy of Sciences | 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60614 | USA |
| CAM | Cental Australian Museum | Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | Australia |
| CAS-GVF | California Academy of Sciences | Dept. of Ichthyology, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 | USA |
| CAS-IU | California Academy of Sciences | Dept. of Ichthyology, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 | USA |
| CAS-SU | California Academy of Sciences | (formerly Stanford Univ.) Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 | USA |
| CAUSC | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Centro de Agrarias, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina | Brasil |
| CBD | G. A. C. Balma & G. B. Delmastrao (private collection) | Via A. Merlo 12, I-10086 Rivarolo Can.se | Italy |
| CCB | Central College | Bangalore | India |
| CEDO | Centro Educativo Don Orione | Departmento de Biologia, Casilla de Correo 13125, Montevideo | Uruguay |
| CEMBP | Center of Excellence in Marine Biology | University of Karachi, 32 Karachi | Pakistan |
| CHM | Charleston Museum | 121 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, South Carolina 29401 | USA |
| CIB | Academia Sinica | Chengdu Institute of Biology. Cjengtu, Szechwan | China (PRC) |
| CIB-UAEM | Centro de Investigaciones Biol—gicas de la Universidad Aut—noma del Estado de Morelos | [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 3/2/2005] | Mexico |
| CICIMAR | Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas at La Paz | La Paz, Baja California [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 2/25/2005] | Mexico |
| CICIMAR-CI | Colecci—n Ictiol—gica, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas at La Paz | La Paz, Baja California [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 3/2/2005] | Mexico |
| CIMAR | Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | Centro de Investigaciones del Mar, Valparaiso | Chile |
| CM | Carnegie Museum | 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 | USA |
| CMC | Canterbury Museum | Private Bag, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch | New Zealand |
| CMS | National Museum | Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7 | Sri Lanka |
| CNRO | Centre National de Recherches Oceanographiques | BP 68 Nossi-Be, Hell-Ville | Madagascar |
| COPEMEX | Colecci—n Nacional de Peces [also IPN, ENCB, pers.Comm., SCHMITTER-SOTO, 3/2/2005] | Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biol—gicas de Mexico, Mexico DF | Mexico |
| CPS | University of Puget Sound | 1500 North Warner Street, Tacoma, Washington 98416 | USA |
| CPZM | Croatian People's Zoological Museum | Zagreb | Yugoslavia |
| CRCM | Washington State University | Charles R. Conner Museum, Pullman, Washington 99163 | USA |
| CSF | California State University at Fullerton | Fullerton, California 92634 | USA |
| CSI | Civica Stazione Idrobiologica | Via Gadio 2, 20121 Milano | Italy |
| CSIRO * | Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation | Division of Fisheries & Oceanography, Box 21, Cronulla, NSW 2230 | Australia |
| *now = CMAR | CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research[pers.comm. Gordon (Gus) Yearsley, 3/15/2005] | GPO Box 1538, Hobart TAS 7001 | Australia |
| CSJ | Colegio de San Jose | Museo de Historia Natural, Carrera 30, 5--55, apartado Aereo 1180, Medellin | Colombia |
| CSLB | California State University at Long Beach | A.S. Lockley Ichthyological Collection, Long Beach, California 90840 | USA |
| CSPU | California State Polytechnic University | 3801 Temple Avenue, Pomonoa, California 91768 | USA |
| CSTC | Colorado State Teachers College | Greeley, Colorado 80631 | USA |
| CSU | Colorado State University | Colorado Cooperative Fishery Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 | USA |
| CU | Cornell University | Researh Park, Bldg. 3, Ithaca, New York 14853 | USA |
| CUB | Chulalongkorn University | Phyathai Road, Bangkok 5 | Thailand |
| CUP | Charles University | Division of Hydrobiology & Ichthyology, Prague | Czechoslavakia |
| CUSC | Clemson University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vertebrate Collection, | 338 Long Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-1903 | USA |
| CWS | Central Washington State College | Dept. of Biology, Ellensburg, Washington 98926 | USA |
| DATM | Dayton Museum of Natural History | Biology, 2629 Ridge Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45414 | USA |
| DBCUCH | Universidad de Chile | Departamento de Biologia Celular y Genetica, Santiago | Chile |
| DGPM | Direction General des Peches Maritimes | Ministere de l'Industrie et du Commerce, Quebec, Quebec | Canada |
| DHMB | Department of Harbours & Marine | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia |
| DH | Durban Museum and Art Gallery | P.O. Box 4085, Ciuty Hall, Smith St., Duban 4000, Natal | South Africa |
| DMNH | Dallas Museum of Natural History | Fair Park Station, P. O. Box 28193, Dallas, Texas 75226 | USA |
| DSP | Fitzsimons' Snake Park | Durban, Natal | South Africa |
| DU | Duke University | Vertebrate Collection, Durham, North Carolina 27708 | USA |
| DZVU | Universidade de Uruguay | Departmento de Zoologia Vertebrados, Montevideo | Uruguay |
| EAWAG | Seenforschungslaboratorium Eidgenossenschaftliche Anstalt fŸr Wasserversorgung, | Abwassereinigung und GewŠsserscultz, Eidgenossenschaftliche Anstalt f/ Wasserversorgung., CH-60 47 Kastainenbaum | Switzerland |
| EBMC | Universidad de Chile | Estacion Biologia Marina de Montemar, Vina del Mar | Chile |
| EBRG | Estacion Biologia de Rancho Grande | Museo , Maracay | Venezuela |
| ECOCH | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur at Chetumal | [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 2/25/2005] | Mexico |
| ECOSC | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur at San Crist—bal | [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 2/25/2005] | Mexico |
| EI | Universidade Federal Rural | Coll. Eugenio Izechsohn, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil |
| ENCB | Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biol—gicas (see IPN, & COPEMEX) | Colleccion Herpetozoarios, Mexico DF [pers. communic., Dr. J.J. SCHMITTER-SOTO, 2/25/2005, & 3/2/2005] | Mexico |
| EPN | Escuela PolitŽcnica Nacional | Quito | Ecuador |
| EUK | Eastern Kentucky University | Museum, Richmond, Kentucky 40425 | USA |
| FAKU | Kyoto University | Dept. of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Okiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606 | Japan |
| FAU | Florida Atlantic University | Dept. of Biological Sciences, Boca Raton, Floorida 33432 | USA |
| FDNR | Florida Department of Natural Resources | 100 Eigth Avenue, SE, kSt. Petersburg, Florida 33701 | USA |
| FLIN | Flinders University | Adelaide, South Australia | Australia |
| FLSM | Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias Naturales | Boca del Rio, Isla Margarita | Venezuela |
| FML | Instituto Fundacion Miguel Lillo | Miguel Lillo 205, 4000 Tucuman | Argentina |
| FMNH | Field Museum of Natural History, Zoology Dept. | Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 | USA |
| FMNH PF | Field Museum of Natural History, Geology Dept. | Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 | USA |
| FMNH UF | Field Museum of N.H., Geology (Walker Mus., Univ. of Chicago) | Roosevelt Rd. at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 | USA |
| FMRI | Central Marine Fisheries Marine Research Institute | Mandapam Camp, Tamil Nadu | India |
| FNU | Nagasaki University | Faculty of Fisheries, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852 | Japan |
| FOSJ | Fisheries & Oceans Biological Station | P.O. Box 5667, St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5X1 | Canada |
| FRI | Fisheries Reserch Institute | Glugor, Penang | Malaysia |
| FRLM | Fisheries Research Laboratory, Mie University, | 4190-172 Wagu, Shima-cho, Shima-gun, Mie-ken 517-07 | Japan |
| FRSKU | Kyoto University | Fisheries Research Station, Maizuru 625 | Japan |
| FSFL | Far Seas Fisheries Research Laboratory | 1000 Orido, Shimizu 424, Shizuoka Prefecture | Japan |
| FSKU | Kitasato University | School of Fisheries Science, 160-4 Aza Shimagashira. Okirai Iwate-ken 022-01 | Japan |
| FTU | Florida Trechnological University | Orlando, Florida 32816 | USA |
| FU | Fudan University | Fuijian | China (PRC) |
| FUE | Fukada University of Education | Taiwan | China (ROC) |
| FUMT | University of Tokyo. Dept. of Fisheries, University Museum | Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 | Japan |
| FURG | Fundacao Universidade do Rio Grande, Depart. de Oceanografia | Caixa Postal 474, 96200 Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil |
| FWM | Fort Worth Museum of Science and History | 1501 Montgomery St., Fort Worth, Texas 76107 | USA |
| GAUBA | Australian National University | P.O. Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2600 | Australia |
| GBERL | Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory | Gulf Breeze, Florida 32561 | USA |
| GCM | Government College | Department of Zoology, Lahore | Pakistan |
| GCRL | Gulf Coast Research Laboratory | Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564 | USA |
| GMBL | College of Charleston | Grice Marine Biol. Lab., 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 | USA |
| GMNGZ | Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries Natural History/Zoology | Glasgow G3 8AG Scotland | UK |
| GMU | Vertebrate Collection, George Mason University | Department of Biology, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 | USA |
| GNM | Gšteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum | P. O. Box 7283, S-402 35 Goteborg | Sweden |
| GRIF | Griffith University | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia |
| HEL | Hel Marine Laboratory | Gdansk University, P. O. Box 37, PL-84-150 Hel | Poland |
| HKFRS | Hong Kong Fisheries Research Station | Shek Pai Wain Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong | China (PRC) |
| HSU | Humboldt State University | Wildlife Bldg. Rm. 110, Arcata, California 95521 | USA |
| HUJ | Hebrew University | Dept. of Zoology, Jerusalem | Israel |
| HUMZ | Hokkaido University | Lab. of Marine Zoology, Faculty of Fisheries, Minato-machi, Hokodate 041 | Japan |
| IB | Instituto Butantan | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo | Brasil |
| IBAUNC | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo | Instituto de Biologia Animal, Mendoza | Argentina |
| IBH | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Instituto de Biologia, Mexico, DF | Mexico |
| IBMC | Instituto de Biologia Marina | Casilla de Correo 175, Mar del Plata | Argentina |
| IBTS | Institutul de Biologie Tr. Savulescu | Bucharest | Romania |
| IBUNAM | Instituto de Biolog’a, Universidad Nacional Aut—noma de MŽxico | [personal communication Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, 2/25/2005] | Mexico |
| IBUT | Institute of Biological Sciences | University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Honshu | Japan |
| ICNMNH | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Instituto Ciencias Naturales-Museo de Historia Natural, Apartado Aero, 23227 Bogota | Colombia |
| IFAN | Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire | B.P. 1386 Dakar | Senegal |
| IIPB | Instituto de Ciencvias del Mar | Coleccion de Peces, Colecciones biologicas de Referencia, Paseo Nacional s/n, E-08039 Barcelona | Spain |
| ILPLA | Museo de La Plata | Instituto de Limnologia, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata | Argentina |
| IMA | Institute of Marine Affairs | P. O. Box 3160, Carenage Post Office | Trinidad |
| IMARPE | Instituto del Mar del Peru | Esq. Gamarra y Gral Valle S/N, Chucuito, Callao-Casilla 3734, Lima | Peru |
| IMNH | Iceland Museum of Natural History | P. O. Box 5320, Laugavegur 105, IS-125, Reykjavik | Iceland |
| INHS | Illinois Natural History Survey | 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820 | USA |
| IND | Laboratoria de Fauna, Division de Fauna Terrestre | Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables y del Ambiente, Apartado Aereo 13458, Bogat‡ | Colombia |
| INIP | Instituto Nacional de Investigacao das Pescas | Av. Brasilia, P-1400 Lisboa | Portugal |
| INPA | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia | Estrada do Aleixo 1756, 69.000 Manaus, Amazonas | Brasil |
| INVEMAR | Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta de Betin | Apartado Aero 1016, Santa Marta | Colombia |
| IOAKE | Institute of Oceanographic & Fisheries Research | Athens | Greece |
| IOAN | P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology | Krasikowa Street 23, SU-Moscow 117218 | Russia |
| IOC | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil |
| IOH | Academia de Ciencias, Instituto de Oceanologia | Avenida 1, Mp/ 18406, Reparto Flores, Cubancan, Habana | Cuba |
| IOPM | Izu Oceanic Park Museum | Izu Oceanic Park, Izu | Japan |
| IOR | Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries | P. O. Box 114, YU-58000, Split | Croatia |
| IORD | Tokai University, Institute of Oceanic Research & Development | 1000 Orido, Shimizu 424, Shizuoka Prefecture | Japan |
| IOS | Instiute of Oceanographic Sciences (Leviton et al., 1985) | Brook Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB, England | UK |
| IOSBL | Instiute of Oceanographic Sciences Beacvon Laboratory (Kottelat et al., 1993) | Brook Road, GB-Wormley Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB England | UK |
| IPN | Instituto PolitŽcnica (see ENCB, COPEMEX, pers. communic.,SCHMITTER-SOTO,3/2/2005) | Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biol—gicas de Mexico, Mexico DF | Mexico |
| IRAQ | Iraq Natural History Museum | Waziriya, Baghdad | Iraq |
| IRCZM | Harbor Branch Foundatio, Indian River Coastal Zone Museum | RR1, Box 196, Fort Pierce, Florida 33450 | USA |
| ISBB | Institutul de Stiinte Biologice | Bucuresti | Romania |
| ISH | UniversitŠt Hamburg, Institut fŸr Seefischerei | Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg | Germany (FDR) |
| ISNB | Institut Royal des Sciences Naturales de Belgique (IRSNB) | Rue Vautier 31, B-1040 Brussels | Belgium |
| ISTPM | Institut Scientifique et Technique des Peches Maritimnes | Rtue de l;'lle d'Yeu, BP 1049, 44037 Nantes | France |
| ISU | Indiana State University | Terre Hyaute, Indiana 47809 | USA |
| ISUA | Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa 50010 | USA |
| IZA* | Uniersita di l'Aguila | Instituto di Zoologia, Piazza Reg. Margherita 7, 67100 Aquila | Italy |
| *transferred to | University of Naples | Department of Biological Sciences, Zoology Section[personal communication Pier Giorgio Bianco 2/26/2005] | Italy |
| IZAC | Academia de Ciencias, Instituto de Oceanologia | Instituto de Zoologia, Habana | Cuba |
| IZPAN | Instytut zoologii PAN (Zoology Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences), | ul. Wilcza 64, PL-00-679 Warszawa | Poland |
| IZUA | Universidad Austral de Chile | Instituto de Zoologia, Casilla 567, Valdivia | Chile |
| IZUC | Universidad de Concepcion | Instituto de Zoologia, Concepion | Chile |
| IZUCS | Universita di Cagliari | Instituto de Zoologia, Cagliari, Sardinia | Italy |
| JFBM | University of Minnesota | James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 | USA |
| JPHM | Jean P. Haydon Museum | Pago Pago | American Samoa |
| KFRS | Kanudi Fisheries Research Station | Konedobu | Papua New Guinea |
| KFW | Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources | Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 | USA |
| KHMM | Kultur Historisches Museum | Otto von Guerickestr. 68-73, Magdenburg | Germany (DDR) |
| KIZ | Kunming Instyitute of Zoology | Kunming, Yannan | China (PRC) |
| KM | Krakow Museum of Natural History | Ul. Slowackiego 1, Krakow | Poland |
| KMK | Kaffrarian Museum | 3 Lower Albert Road, King William's Town, Cape Province | South Africa |
| KMNH | Kitayushu Museum of Natural History | Tobata Shiminkaikan Bldg., Kitakyushu City 804 | Japan |
| KNP | Kruger National Park | Skukuza, Transvaal | South Africa |
| KSHS | Kochi Senior High School | 100 Kitahashi-cho, Kochi-shi 780 | Japan |
| KU | University of Kansas | Museum of Natural History, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 | USA |
| KUMF | Kasetsart University | Museum of Fisheries, Bangkok 10900 | Thailand |
| LACM | Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History | 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90007 | USA |
| LCM | Universidade Federale do Ceara | Laboratorio de Ciencias do Mar, Fortalezza, Ceara | Brasil |
| LDHRN | Natural History Department, Horniman Museum & Public Park Foundation | London Road, Forest Hill, GB-London SE23 3PQ England | UK |
| LICPP | The Crown Prince's Palace, Laboratory of Ichthyology | Motosakasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107 | Japan |
| LIVCM | Dept. of Zoology, Liverpool Museum, National Museums & Galeries on Merseyside | William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN England | UK |
| LMB | Moravske muzeum v Brne | Nam 25, u.c. 8 & Kapucinske Na, Brno | Czechoslovakia |
| LNK | Landessamjmlungen fur Naturkunde | 1 Erbprinzenstra§e 13, D-7500 Klarlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg | Germany (FDR) |
| LS | Linnean Society of London | Burlington House, Piccadilly, London WiV 0LQ England | UK |
| LUSMZ | Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoology | University Station, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 | USA |
| LSUS | Louisiana State University, Museum of Life Science | 8515 Youree Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115 | USA |
| LTU | Louisiana Tech University, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology | Ruston, Luisiana 71270 | USA |
| LV | Laboratorio de Vigo | Vigo | Spain |
| LZUT | University of Thessalonika | Laboratory of Zoology, Thessalonika | Greece |
| MA | Awash National Park | Awash National Park | Ethiopia |
| MACN* | Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ÒBernardino RivadaviaÓ | Av. Angel Gallardo 470, (C1405 DJR) Buenos Aires (personal commun. Gustavo E. Chiaramonte 3/1/2005) | Argentina |
| *MACN-He | Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ÒBernardino RivadaviaÓ | National Collection of Herpetology, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, (C1405 DJR) Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| *MACN-Ict | Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ÒBernardino RivadaviaÓ | National Collection of Ichthyology, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, (C1405 DJR) Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| MAD | Madras Museum | Madras, Tamil Nadu | India |
| MAMU | University of Sydney | Macleay Museum, Sydney, New South Wales | Australia |
| MAPA | Museu Anchieta Porto Alegra, Avenida Nilo Pecanha 1521 | Caixa Postale 358, 90000 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil |
| MB | Universidade de Lisboa | Museo Bocage, Rua da Escola Politecnica, P-1200 Lisboa 2 | Portugal |
| MBI | University of Texas | Marine Biomedical Institute, Galveston, Texas 77550 | USA |
| MBUCV | Universidade Central de Venezuela | Museo de B iologia, Apartado 59058, Caracas 1051 | Venezuela |
| MBZH | Museo y Bibliotheca de la Zoologia | Habana | Cuba |
| MCM | Museu Carlos Machado | Rua Joao Moreira, P-9500 Ponta Delgada, Azores | Portugal |
| MCN | Fundacacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul | Museu de Ciencias Naturales, Caixa Postal 1188, 90000 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil |
| MCNC | Museo de Ciencias Naturales | Plaza Morelos, :ps Capbps. Caracas 101 | Venezuela |
| MCNG | Museo de Ciencias Naturales | Guanare, Portuguesa 3310 | Venezuela |
| MCP | Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Ciencias | Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Caixa Postale 1429, 90000 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil |
| MCSN | Museo civico di Storia naturale | Piazza Hortis 4, I-Trieste | Italy |
| MCSNC | Museo civico di Storia naturale, | Cas. Post. 89, Cascina Vigna, I-10022 Carmagnola | Italy |
| MCVR | Museo civico di Storia naturale | Lung, Porta Vittoria No. 9, I-37129 Verona | Italy |
| MCZ | Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology | Camb ridge, Massachusetts 02138 | USA |
| MD | Museo do Dundo | Dundo | Angola |
| MDUG | Universidad Guanajuato | Museo Alfredo Duges, Guanajuato | Mexico |
| MFP | Museo Felipe Poey | Capitolio Nacional, Habana | Cuba |
| MFSN | Museo Friulano di Storia naturale | Via Grazzano 1, I-33100 Udine | Italy |
| MG | Musee Guimet (see MGHNL) | 28 Blvd. Des Belges, 69006 Lyon | France |
| MGAB | Muzeul de Istorie Naturala 'Grigore Antipa' | 79744 Bucharest | Romania |
| MGHNL | MusŽe Guimet d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon (see MG) | 28 Boulevard des Belges, F-69006 Lyon | France |
| MHNBX | Museum d'Historie Naturelle | 5 place Bardineau, F-33000 Bordeaux | France |
| MHNC | Museum d'Historie Naturelle | Hotel des Postes, Avenue Leopold-Robert 63, CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel | Switzerland |
| MHNF | MusŽe d'Histoire naturelle | Rue du MusŽ 6, CH-1700 Fribourg | Switzerland |
| MHNG | MusŽum d'Historie Naturelle | DŽpartement d'HerpŽtologie et d'Ichtyologie, Case Postale 434, CH-1211 Geneve 6 | Switzerland |
| MHNJP | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | Museu de Historia Natural 'Javier Prado', Apartado 11434 Avenida Arenales 1256, Lima 14 | Peru |
| MHNLCDF | MusŽe d'Histoire naturelle | Avenue LŽopold-Robert 63, CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds | Switzerland |
| MHNLR | Museum d'Historie Naturelle | 28 rue Albert ler, F-17000 La Rochelle | France |
| MHNM | Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo | Montevideo | Uruguay |
| MHNN | Museo de Historia Naturalle de Neuchatel (Leviton et al.,1985,Kottelat et al.,1993) | Avenue des Terreaux 14, CH-2000 Neuchatel | Switzerland |
| MHNN | MusŽum de Historia Naturelle de Nantes (Kottelat et al., 1993) | 12 rue Voltaire, F-44000 Nantes | France |
| MHNV | Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso | Calle Errazuriz 254, Playa Ancha, Valparaiso | Chile |
| MHV | Musee de Haute Volta | Ouagadougou | Upper Volta |
| ML | Prirodosloveni Muzej Slovenije | Presernova 20, Llubjana | Yugoslavia |
| MLP | Museo de La Plata | Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata | Argentina |
| MLS | Museo del Instituto de La Salle | Bogota | Colombia |
| MLSU | Lenigrad State University | Zoological Museum, Lenningrad | USSR |
| MLU | Martin Luther Universersitat | Museum des Fachbereichs Zool. Der Sekt Biowissench, Domplatz4, 4020 Halle, Halle-Wittenberg | Germany (DDR) |
| MMB | MusŽe de la Mer | Biarritz | France |
| MMF | Museu Muncipal do Funchal (Natural History) | Funchal P-Madeira | Portugal |
| MMK | McGregor Museum | P.jO. Box 316, Kimberley, Cape Province | South Africa |
| MMNH | Museum d'Historie Naturelle | Marseille | France |
| MMNS | Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | The Fannye A. Cook Memorial, 111 North Jefferson Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202 | USA |
| MMTT | Muze-ye Melli-ye Tarikh-e Tabii | Tehran | Iran |
| MNCN | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales | Colecciones de Vertebrados (Ictiologia), c/ JosŽ GutiŽrrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid | Spain |
| MNCR | Museo Nacional | Apdo. 749, Calle 17. Avda Central y 2, San Jose 1000 | Costa Rica |
| MNH | Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum | Baross u. 13 & Museum krt 14-16 H-`088 Budapest VIII | Hungary |
| MNHN | Museum National de Histoire Naturelle | 43 Rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris V | France |
| MNHNC | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural | Casilla 787, Santiago | Chile |
| MNHNM | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural | Mexico, DF | Mexico |
| MNHNP | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural | Edificio Patria, Tacuari E/25 de Mayo/Cer. Cora, Asuncion | Paraguay |
| MNHNSD | Museo Nacional de Historia Natural | Santo Domingo | Republica Dominicana |
| MNHP | National Museum, Museum of Natural History | Vaclavske namesti 1700, Prague 1 | Czechoslovakia |
| MNHHWU | Museum of Natural History | Wroclaw University, Sienkiewicza str. 21, PL-50-335 Wroclaw | Poland |
| MNRJ | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Museu Nacional, Quinta de Boa Vista, 20942 Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro | Brasil |
| MNRT | Ministry of Natural Resources | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |
| MOM | MusŽe OcŽanographique Monaco | Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC-98000, | Monaco |
| MPEG | Museu Paraenese 'Emilio Goeldi' | Caixa Postal 399, 66.000 Belem, Para | Brasil |
| MPM | Milwaukee Public Museum | Vertebrate Zoology, 800 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233 | USA |
| MQU | Macquarie University | Dept. of Biological Sciences, North Ryde, New South Wales 2113 | Australia |
| MRAC | MusŽe Royal de l'Afrique Centrale | Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, B-3080 Tervuren | Belgium |
| MSB | Univesity of New Mexico | Department of Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 | USA |
| MSLH | Chinese Unversity of Hong Kong | Marine Sciences Laboratory, Hong Kong | China (PRC) |
| MSM | Tokai University | Marine Science Museum, Miho, Shimizu City 424 | Japan |
| MSNG | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova "Giacomo Doria' | Via Brigata Liguria 9, I-16121 Genova | Italy |
| MSNM | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | Corso Venezia 55, I-20121 Milano | Italy |
| MSNT | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | Piazza Hortis 2, 34123 Trieste | Italy |
| MSNTO | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | Torino | Italy |
| MSNV | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | Fontego dei Turchi, 30125 Venezia | Italy |
| MSP | Madras Snake Park | Madras, Tamil Nadu | India |
| MSU | Mississippi State University | Drawer Z, State College, Mississippi 39762 | USA |
| MSUB | Montana State University | Biology Department, Bozeman, Montana 59715 | USA |
| MSUM | Michigan State University | University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 | USA |
| MSUMZ | Memphis State University | Museum of Zoology, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 | USA |
| MTD | Staatliches Museum fŸr Tierkunde (Kottelat et al., 1993) | Augustusstra§e 2, D-01067 Dresden | Germany (DDR) |
| MTKD | Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde (Leviton et al., 1985) | Augustusstra§e 2, 801 Dresden | Germany (DDR) |
| MTUF | Museum of the Tokyo University of Fisheries | 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108 | Japan |
| MUDB | Memorial University | Department of Biology, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9 | Canada |
| MVEN | Museo Civico di Storia Naturale | S. Croce 1730, I-30135 Venezia | Italy |
| MVZ | University of California at Berkeley | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California 94720 | USA |
| MWSU | Department of Biology Collection, Midwestern State University, | Wichita Falls, Texas 76308 | USA |
| MZB | Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense | Juanda 3, Kebun Raya, Bogor, Java | Indonesia |
| MZC | Universidade de Coimbra, Museu Zoologico | Departamento de Zoologia, 3049 Coimbra | Portugal |
| MZGZ | Museo di Zoologia del Giardino Zoologico | Rome | Italy |
| MZH | Finnish Museum of Natural History | University of Helsinki, Zoological Museum, P. Rautatiekatu 13, SF-00100 Helsinki | Finland |
| MZLU* | Museum of Zoology, Lund University (formerly ZML & ZMUL) | HelgonavŠgen 3, S-223 62 Lund | Sweden |
| MZP | Universidade de Porto | Museu Zoologico, Instituto de Zoologia 'Dr Nobre', Porto | Portugal |
| MZPA | Collezione ittiologica "Dšderlein" del Museo dell' Istituto di Zoologia dell' Universitˆ | Via Archirafi 18, I-90123 Palermo | Italy |
| MZS | MusŽe zoologique de l'UniversitŽ | Louis Pasteur et de la Ville de Strasbourg, 29 Boulevard de la Victoire, F-67000 Strasbourg | France |
| MZTG | Museo de Zoologia | Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas | Mexico |
| MZUA | University of Athens | Museum of Zoology, Athens | Greece |
| MZUF | Universita di Firenze | Museo Zoologico de la Specola, Via Romana 17, I-50125 Firenze | Italy |
| MZUP | Universita di Palermo | Museo Zoologico, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo | Italy |
| MZUS | Universite de Strasbourg | Musee de Zoologie, Strasbourg | France |
| MZUSP | Universidade de Sao Paulo | Museo de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 7172, 04263 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo | Brasil |
| MZUT | Universita di Torino | Museo Zoologico, Via Giolitti 34, 10123 Torino | Italy |
| NBM | New Brunswick Museum | 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5 | Canada |
| NCIP | Lembaga Oseanologi Nasional | Jakarta, Java | Indonesia |
| NCSM | North Carolina State Museum | P.O. Box 27647, 102 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 | USA |
| NEMS | Northeastern Missouri State University | Department of Zoology, Kirksville, Missouri 63501 | USA |
| NEW | University of Newscastle | Newscastle, New South Wales | Australia |
| NHM (BMNH) | The Natural History Museum | Cromwell Road, GN-London SW7 5BD England | UK |
| NHMR | Natural History Museum | Reykjavik | Iceland |
| NRM | Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Leviton & Gibbs 1988, NHRM=NRM, Ahlander3/15/05) | Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm | Sweden |
| NIFI | National Inland Fisheries Institute | Fish Taxonomy Division, Ministry of Agri. & Co-Op, Bangkok 10900 | Thailand |
| NIPR | National Institute for Polar Research | 0-10, Kaga 1-Chome, Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo 173, | Japan |
| NIU | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, Illinois 60115 | USA |
| NLU | Northeast Louisiana University | Museum of Zoology, Monroe, Louisiana 71209 | USA |
| NMB | Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum (Kottelat et al., 1993) | Pockelsstrasse 10a, D-38106 Braunschweig | Germany |
| NMB | Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Kottelat et al., 1993) | Zoologische Abteilung, Postfach, CH-4001 Basel | Switzerland |
| NMBA | Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Leviton et al., 1985) | Augustinergasse 2, CH-4001 Basel | Switzerland |
| NMBE | Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern | Bernastrasse 15, CH-3005 Bern | Switzerland |
| NMBO | National Museum, Museum of Natural History | P. O. Box 266, Bloemfontein 9300, Orange Free State | South Africa |
| NMC | National Museums of Canada National Museum of Natural Sciences | Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0M8 | Canada |
| NMFSH | NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service | SWFC Honolulu Laboratory F/SWC2, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-2396 | USA |
| NMI | National Museum of Ireland | Natural History Division, Kildare Street, IRL - Dublin 2 | Ireland |
| NMK | National Museum | Nairobi | Kenya |
| NMMH | North Manchurian Museum | Harbin, Manchuria | China (PRC) |
| NMND | National Museum of Natural History | Barakhamba Road, FICCI Museum Bldg., New Delhi 110 001 | India |
| NMNZ | National Museum of New Zealand | Private Bag, Wellington | New Zealand |
| NMP | Natal Museum | 237 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal | South Africa |
| NMS | National Museumn | Stamford Road, Singapore 0617 | Singapore |
| NMSU | New Mexico State University | University Park, New Mexico 88003 | USA |
| NMSZ | Department of Natural History, National Museums of Scotland | Chambers Street, GB-Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1JF | UK |
| NMV | National Museum of Victoria | 285-321 Russell Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 | Australia |
| NMW | Naturhistorishces Museum | Fischsammlung, Burgring 7, Postfach 417, A-1014 Wien 1 | Austria |
| NMWZ | National Museum of Wales | Department of Zoology, Cathys Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP Wales | UK |
| NMZB | Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe | P. O. Box 240, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
| NMZB-QVMS | (Queen Victoria Memorial Museum collections centralized to NMZB) | P. O. Box 240, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
| NMZB-UM | Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe (UMZ = was Umtali Museum) | P. O. Box 240, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe |
| NMZL | National Museum of Zambia | P. O. Box 498, Mosi-oa-Tunya Road. Livingstone | Zambia |
| NOAS | New Orleans Academy of Science | New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 | USA |
| NPIB | Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology | Xining, Qinghai | China (PRC) |
| NSMC | Nova Scotia Museum | 1747 Summer Street, HLIDz, Nova Scotia B3H 3A6 | Canada |
| NSMT | National Science Museum | Department of Zoology, Shinjuku-ku, 3-23-1 Hayakunin-cho, Tokyo 164 | Japan |
| NSYSU | Institute of Marine Biology | National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (800) | China (ROC) |
| NTM | Northern Territory Museum of Arts & Sciences | P. O. Box 4646, Darwin, Northern Territory 5794 | Australia |
| NTNUB | National Taiwan University | Department of Zoology, Taipei, Taiwan | China (ROC) |
| NUFES | Nagasaki University | Fisheries Experimental Station, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852 | Japan |
| NUSMBS | Niigata University | Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata | Japan |
| NYSM | New York State Museum | Cultural Education Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12230 | USA |
| NZMS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | National Zoological Museum, Ruski 1, Sophia | Bulgaria |
| OC | Occidental College | Moore Laboratory of Zoology, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, California 90041 | USA |
| ODU | Old Dominion University | Department of Biology, Norfolk, Virginia 23508 | USA |
| OKMNH | University of Oklahoma | Stovall Museum of Zoology, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma 73069 | USA |
| OM | Otago Museum | Great King Street, Dunedin | New Zealand |
| OMNH | Osaka Museum of Natural History | Osaka (y Shibota) | Japan |
| OPM | Okinawa Prefectual Museum | Naha, Okinawa, Ryu Kyu Islands | Japan |
| ORI | Ocean Research Institute | Durban | South Africa |
| ORIT | University of Tokyo | Ocean Research Institute, 15-1-Chome, Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164 | Japan |
| OS | Oregon State University | Museum of Natural History, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 | USA |
| OSM | Ohio State University Museum | 1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210 | USA |
| OSUO | Oregon State University | School of Oceanography, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 | USA |
| OSUS | Oklahoma State University | Department of Zoology, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 | USA |
| OUM* | Oxford University Museum | Parks Road, GB-Oxford, OX1 3PW England | UK |
| * now OUMNH | Oxford University Museum of Natural History [name changed] | Parks Road, GB-Oxford, OX1 3PW England [personal cummunication Dr. Sammy De Grave] | UK |
| OUVC | Ohio University | Vertebrate Collection, Athens, Ohio 45701 | USA |
| OWU | Ohio Wesleyan University | Delaware, Ohio 43015 | USA |
| PEM | Port Elizabeth Museum | P. O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, Port Elizabeth | South Africa |
| PINRO | Polar Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography | Murmansk | USSR |
| PNGM | National Museum and Art Gallery | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea |
| PNM | Philippine National Museum | Manila, Luzon | Philippines |
| PSU | Pennsylvania State University | University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 | USA |
| PU | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey 08540 | USA |
| PUM | Universita di Pisa | Pisa | Italy |
| QM | Queensland Museum | Gregory Terrace, Fortitute Valley, Brisbane, Queensland 4006 | Australia |
| QP | National Parks and Wildlife Division | Queensland | Australia |
| QPM | Ministere du Tourisme, Chase et Peche | Montreal, Quebec | Canada |
| QVMT | Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery | Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania 7250 | Australia |
| RC | Roanoke College | Salem, Virginia 24153 | USA |
| RMNH | National Naturhistorisch Museum (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurliijke Historie) | Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden | Netherlands |
| ROM | Royal Ontario Museum | 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 | Canada |
| RSM | Royal Scottish Museum | Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF Scotland | UK |
| RUSI | J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology | Private Bag, 1015, Grahamstown 6140 | South Africa |
| SAM | South African Museum | P.O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, Cape Province | South Africa |
| SAMA | South Australiam Museum | North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 | Australia |
| SBMNH | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | 2559 {iesta de; Sp; Rpad. Samta Barbara. Ca;ofprmoa 95105 | USA |
| SCMRRI | South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute | P. O. Box 12559, Charleston, South Carolina 29412 | USA |
| SCN | Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales 'La Salle', Museo de Historia Natural 'La Salle' | Avda Boyaca, PB 1, Apdo 1930, Edificio Fundacion La Salle, Caracas 1010A | Venezuela |
| SDSNH | San Diego Society of Natural History, San Diego Natural History Museum | Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92115 | USA |
| SDSU | San Diego State University | San Diego, California 92115 | USA |
| SEKPB | Sevastopol Experimental Design Bureau for Underwater Investigation | Sevastopol, Ukraine | USSR |
| SFRS | Sea Fisheries Research Station | Haifa | Israel |
| SFSU | San Francisco State University | Vertebrate Museum, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132 | USA |
| SHML | National Marine Fisheries Service | Sandy Hook Marine Laboratory, Fort Hancock, Highlands, New Jersey 07732 | USA |
| SIBAC | Southwest Institute of Biology | Chengtu | China (PRC) |
| SIO | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Marine Vertebrate Collection, University of California, La Jolla, California 92093 | USA |
| SIUC | Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) | Department of Zoology, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 | USA |
| SIUE | Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville) | Box 65, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 | USA |
| SJSU | San Jose State University | Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, One Washington Square, San Jose, California 95192 | USA |
| SLU | Southeastern Louisiana University | Museum of Biology, Hammond, Louisiana 70401 | USA |
| SMBL | Kyoto University, Seto Marine Biology Laboratory | Sirahama 649-22, Wakayama Prefecture | Japan |
| SMBU | Baylor University | Strecker Museum, Waco, Texas 76703 | USA |
| SMF | Natur-Museum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg | Senckenberganlage 25, D-60320 Frankfurt-am-Main 1 | Germany (FDR) |
| SMK | Sarawak Museum | Kuching, Sarawak | Malaysia |
| SMLVO | Tokai University Subtropical Marine Laboratory | Iriomoto Island, Okinawa | Japan |
| SMNH | Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History | Wascana Park, Regina, Saskatchewan | Canada |
| SMNS | Staatliches Museum fŸr Naturkunde | Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart | Germany |
| SMP | Surinams Museum | Paramaribo | Suriname |
| SMS | Swakopmund Museum | P.O. Box 56, Strand Street, Swakopmund | Namibia |
| SMW | Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlung Museum Wiesbaden | Rheinstra§e 10, Friedrich-Enert-Allee 2, D 6200 Wiesbaden | Germany (FDR) |
| SMWN | State Museum | P. O. Box 1203, Windhoek | Namibia |
| SNCBSH | State of North Carolina Biological Station | Highlands, North Carolina 28741 | USA |
| SNHMB | Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum | Pockelstra§e 10a, 3300 Braunschweig, | Germany (FDR) |
| SNM | Slovak National Museum | Museum of Natural History, VajanskŽho nabrezie, CS-814 36, Bratislava | Czechoslovakia |
| SNMB | Slovak National Museum | Vajanskeho nabrezie, Bratislava | Czechoslovakia |
| SRI | Serengeti Research Institute | Seronera | Tanzania |
| SRSU | Sul Ross State University | Alpine, Texas 79830 | USA |
| SSM | Savanah Science Museum | 4405 Paulsen Street, Savannah, Georgia 31405 | USA |
| SSU | Sacramento State University, Museum of Natural History | 6000 J Street, Sacramento, California 95819 | USA |
| STRI | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | P. O. Box 2072, Balboa | Panama |
| STUM | Santo Tomas University Museum | Manila, Rizal, Luzon | Philippines |
| SUB | Universitat Bonn | Sammlung der Universitat, Bonn | Germany (FDR) |
| SUF | Shimonoseki University of Fisheries | Shimonoseki 759-65 | Japan |
| SUM | University of Stellenbosch | J. R. Ellerman Zoological Museum, Cape town, Cape Province | South Africa |
| SZN | Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn", | Villa Comunale 1, I-80121 Napoli | Italy |
| TAIC | Texas A & I University | John E. Conner Museum, Kingsville, Texas 78363 | USA |
| TAU | Tel-Aviv University | Fish Collection, Zoologische Museum of Tel-Aviv University, IL - Tel-Aviv 69978 | Israel |
| TCWC | Texas A & M University | Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection, College Station, Texas 77843 | USA |
| TFDA | Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority | 23 Old Wharf, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 | Australia |
| TFRI | Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute | 125 Hou-1 Road, Chilung, Taiwan | China (ROC) |
| THUP | Tunghai University | Department of Zoology, Taichung, Taiwan | China (ROC) |
| TIFC | Tasmanian Inland Fisheries Commission | Hovart, Tasmania | Australia |
| TINRO | Pacific Ocean Research Institute for Sea Fisheries and Oceanography | Vladyvostok | USSR |
| TIU | Tokyo Inperial University | Science College Museum, Tokyo | Japan |
| TMBS | Tatsuo Tanaka Memorial Biologial Laboratory` | Ako 100-12, Miyake-jima, Izu Islands | Japan |
| TMH | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Argyle Street, GPO Box 1164M, Hobart, Tasmania 7001 | Australia |
| TMP | Transval Museum | Pasul Kruger Street, P. O. Box 413, Pretoria 0001, Transval | South Africa |
| TNHC | Texas Memorial Museum | Texas Natural History Collection, 24th and Trinity, Austin, Texas 78705 | USA |
| TSMNH | Teylers Strichtina Museum | Harlem | Holland |
| TTU | Texas Tech University Museum | P. O. Box 4499, Lublock, Texas 79409 | USA |
| TU | Tulane University | Herpetologicval Collections Department of Biology, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 | USA |
| TU | Tulane University | Ichthyoloigcal Collections, Museum of Natural History, Belle Chase, Louisiana 70037 | USA |
| TUFIL | Tokyo University of Fisheries | Ichthyological Laboratory, Minato-ku, 5-78 Konan 4, Tokyo 108 | Japan |
| TZM | Tokyo Zoological Museum | Tokyo | Japan |
| UAB | Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona | Departamento de Biologica, Bellaterra, Barcelona | Spain |
| UAG | Centre Universite de Antilles-Guyane | Labooratoire de Biologie et Physiologie Animales, Guadaloupe | French West Indies |
| UACI | Universite Nationale de Cote d'Ivoire | 01 BP V34 Abidjan 01 | Cote d'Ivoire |
| UAIC | University of Alabama | Museum of Natural History, University, Alabama 35486 | USA |
| UAJ | University of Alaska at Juneau | Juneau, Alaska 99801 | USA |
| UAM | University of Alaska | Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 | USA |
| UAMZ | University of Alberta Museum of Zoology | Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 | Canada |
| UANL | Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon | Mexico |
| UAZ | University of Arizona | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, Arizona 85721 | USA |
| UBC | University of British Columbia | Cowan Vertebrate Museum, 2075 Westbrook Place, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1W5 | Canada |
| UBI | University of Basrah | Marine Science Center, Basrah | Iraq |
| UBL | Universite du Benin | BP 1515, Lome | Togo |
| UCB | University of California | Department of Zoology, Berkeley, California 94720 | USA |
| UCC | University of Cincinnati | 2624 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221 | USA |
| UCLA | University of California at Los Angeles | Department of Biology, Los Angeles, California 90024 | USA |
| UCM | University of Colorado | Museum of NaturaL History, Broadway betw. 15th &16th Str., Boulder, Colorado 80309 | USA |
| UCP | Universidad Cauca | Museo de Historia Natural, Popayan | Colombia |
| UCR | Universidad de Costa Rica, Museo de Zoologia | Depto. De Biologia, San Pedro de Montes, de Orca, Ciudad Univ. Rodrigo Facio, San Jose | Costa Rica |
| UCS | University of Connecticut | Storrs, Connecticut 06268 | USA |
| UDO | Universidad de Oriente | Apdo 094, Cumana, Estado Sucre | Venezuela |
| UDONECI | Universidad de Oriente | Centro de Invest. Cient. del Nucleo de Nueva Esparta. Boca de Rio, Isla Margarita | Venezuela |
| UDSM | University of Dar Es Salaam | P. O. Box 35064, Dar Es Salaam | Tanzania |
| UEMM | Universidade Eduardo Mondlane | Museu de Historia Natural, Caixa Postal 257, Maputo | Mozambique |
| UERJ | Universidade do Estado do Rio Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia | Rua San Francisco Xavier 524, CEP 20.550 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | Brasil |
| UF | University of Florida | Florida State Museum, Gainesville, Florida 32601 | USA |
| UF-FSU | University of Florida | Florida State Museum, Gainesville, Florida 32601 | USA |
| UFP | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco | Laboratoire de Ciencias do Mar, Caixa Postal 1076, Praia da Piedade, Recife, Pernambuco | Brasil |
| UFRGS | Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sul | Departtamento de Zoologia, Avenida Paulo Gama, 90000 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brasil |
| UGA | University of Ghana | Accra. Legon | Ghana |
| UGAMNH | University of Georgia | Museum of NaturaL History, Biological Sciences Bldg., Athens Georgia 30602 | USA |
| UGM | Univeristy of Guam | UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96913 | USA |
| UI | University of Ibadan | Ibadan | Nigeria |
| UIM | University of Idaho | Museum of Natural History, Moscow, Idaho 83843 | USA |
| UIMNH | University of Illinois | Museum of Natural History, Urbana, Illinois 61801 | USA |
| UJZM | University of Jordan | Zoological Museum, Amman | Jordan |
| UKEN | University of Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky 40506 | USA |
| UKS | University of Khartoum | Natural History Museum, P. O. Box 321, Gama Avenue, Khartoum | Sudan |
| UL | University of Louisville | 2301 South 3rd Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40208 | USA |
| ULAB | Universidad de Los Andes | Bogota | Colombia |
| ULAM | Universidad de Los Andes | Merida | Colombia |
| ULM | Univesity of Lucknow Museums | Lucknow, Utar Pradesh | India |
| UMB | Uberseemuseum | Bremen | Germany (FDR) |
| UMKC | University of Missouri | 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 | USA |
| UMKL | University of Malaya | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| UMM | University of Montana | Zoology Department, Missoula, Montana 59812 | USA |
| UMML | University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences | 10 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149 | USA |
| UMMZ | University of Michigan | Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 | USA |
| UMO | University of Maine | Department of Zoology, Orono, Maine 04473 | USA |
| UMOC | University of Missouri | Museum of Zoology, Stephens Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65201 | USA |
| UMP | University of Melborne | Parkville, Victoria | USA |
| UMRC | University of Miami, Univ. of Miami Reference Collection, | Biol. Dept., P. O. Box 249118, Coral Gables, Florida 33124 | USA |
| UMS | University of Mississippi | University, Mississippi 38677 | USA |
| UMZ | Umtali Museum | Causeway, Umtali | Zimbabwe |
| UMZC | University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge | Downing Street, GB-Cambridge CB2 3EJ England | UK |
| UNAH | Universidad Nacional Autonoma | Departmento de Biologia, Ciudad Universitaria, Tegucigalpa, DC | Honduras |
| UNAM | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Departmento de Zoologia, | Instituto de biologia, Apartado 70-15, CP 04510 Mexico, DF | Mexico |
| UNC | University of North Carolina | Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557 | USA |
| UNCC | University of North Carolina | Zoological Museum, UNCC Station, Charlotte, North Carolina 28213 | USA |
| UNCW | University of North Caolina at Weilmington | Department of Biological Sciences, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 | USA |
| UND | University of Natal | Durban, Natal | South Africa |
| UNO | University of Nebraska at Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska 68101 | USA |
| UNR | University of Nevada | Museum of Biology, Reno, Nevada 89507 | USA |
| UNSM | University of Nebraska State Museum | Morrill Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 | USA |
| UNT | Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Laboratorio de Ictiologia Sistematica | Campus de Porto Nacional, rua 3 quadra 17 s/n - Jardim dos Ipas, Caixa Postal 136, 77.500-000 Porto Nacional, TO | Brasil |
| UOIO | Universidad de Orienta | Instituto Oceanographico, Cumana | Venzuela |
| UOMNH | University of Oregon | Museum of Natural History, Eugene, Oregon 97403 | USA |
| UP | Universidad de Panama | Panama | Panama |
| UPNG | University of Paua and New Guinea | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea |
| UPRM | University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00708 | USA |
| UPRRP | University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras | Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931 | USA |
| UR | University of Richmond | Department of Biology, Richmond, Birginia 23173 | USA |
| URB | Ryukyu University | Department of Zoology, Nakagusuku 901-24, Okinawa | Japan |
| URIZ | University of Rhode Island | Department of Zoology, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 | USA |
| URM | University of the Ryukyus | Nishihara 903-01, Okinawa | Japan |
| USA | University of South Alabama | Mobile, Alabama 36608 | USA |
| USC | University of South Carolina | Baruch Coastal Research Institute, Columbia, South Carolina 29631 | USA |
| USDZ | University of Singapore | Department of Zoology, Singapore | Singapore |
| USF | University of South Florida | Department of Marine Science, 830 First Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 | USA |
| USL | University of Southwestern Louisiana | Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 | USA |
| USM | Museum of Ichthyology, Department of Biological Sciences, | Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Southern Station, Box 5018, Hatiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-5018 | USA |
| USNM | National Museum of Natural History | Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560 | USA |
| USP | University of the South Pacific | Institute of Marine Resources, P. O. Box 1168, Suva | Fiji Islands |
| UT | University of Tennessee | department of Zoology, Knoxville, Tennessee 31916 | USA |
| UTA | University of Texas at Arlington | Merriam Museum, Arlington, Texas 76019 | USA |
| UTEP | University of Texas at El Paso | Laboratory for Environmental Biology, El Paso, Texas 76931 | USA |
| UU | Utah Museum of Natural History | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 | USA |
| UUZM* see ZMUU | Uppsala University, Zoological Museum (now Evolutionsmuseet/ Museum of Evolution) | Box 561, S751 22 Uppsala (Evolutionsmuseet's preferred code, Ahlander 3/15/2005 personal commun.) | Sweden |
| UV | Universidad del Valle | Apartado aereo 2188, Cali | Colombo |
| UVG | Universidade del Valle | Ciudad Guatemala | Guatemala |
| UW | University of Washington | College of Fisheries, Seattle, Washington 98195 | USA |
| UWF | University of West Florida | Pensacola, Florida 32051 | USA |
| UWL | University of Wyoming | Zoology Museum, fLaramie, Wyoming 82074 | USA |
| UWM | University of Wisconsin | Zoology Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 | USA |
| UWSP | University of Wisconsin | Museum of Natural History, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481 | USA |
| UWZM | University of Wisconsin | Zoological Museum, L. E. Noland Bldg., Madison, Wisconsin 53706 | USA |
| VBCM | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Departamento de Biologi’a Animal 1, Facultad de Biolog’a, E-28040 Madrid | Spain |
| VIMS | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Glucester Point, Virginia 23062 | USA |
| VM | Vitenskapsmuseet, Zoologisk Department | University of Trondheim, N-7004 Trondheim | Norway |
| VMM | Vanderbilt Marine Museum | Long Island, New York | USA |
| VSM | Det Kgl. Norske Videnskabers Selskab Museet | Trondheim | Norway |
| VUW | Victoria University | Wellington | New Zealand |
| WAM | Western Australian Museum | Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia | Australia |
| WCUUM | West China Union University Museum | Chengtu, Szechwan | China (PRC) |
| WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 | USA |
| WLUB | Wilfred Laurier University | Department of Biology, Waterloo, Ontario | Canada |
| WOLL | University of Wollongong | Wollongong, New South Wales | Australia |
| WUM | University of the Witwaterstrands | Jan Smuts Avenue, Hohannesburg 2001, Cape Province | South Africa |
| WVBS | West Virginia Biological Survey | Huntington, West Virginia 25706 | USA |
| YCM | Yokosuka City Museum | Yokosuka, 95 Fukadadai, Kanangawa | Japan |
| YPM | Yale University | Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 | USA |
| YU | Yunan University | Kunming, Yunnan | China (PRC) |
| ZDEU | Ege Universitesi Sistematik Zooloji Kursusu | Fen Fakultesi, Bornova, Izmir | Turkey |
| ZDKU | Kharkov University | Kharkov USSR | USSR |
| ZFMK | Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig | Adenaurallee 150-164, D-53113 Bonn | Germany (FDR) |
| ZIA | Armenian Academy of Sciences | Zoological Institute, Erevan, ASSR | USSR |
| ZIAS | Acdemia Sinica | Zoological Institue, Shanghai | China (PRC) |
| ZIDTU | Dresden Technical University | Zoologisches Institut, Zellescher Weg, Dresden | Germany (FDR) |
| ZIHU | Hiroshima University | Zoological Institute, Hiroshima | Japan |
| ZIK | Ukrainian Academy of Sciences Zoological Institute | Vladimirskaya ul. 55, 252150 Kiev-30, USSR | USSR |
| ZIN | Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute | Leningrad Center, 199164 Leningrad | USSR |
| ZIS | Universitat des Saarlandes | Im Stadtwald, 6600 Saarbrucken | Germany (FDR) |
| ZIT | Grusinian Academy of Science | Zoologtical Institute, Tbilisi, GSSR | USSR |
| ZIUS | Stockholms Universitet | Zoologtical Institut, S-10691 Stockholm | Sweden |
| ZIUW | Universitat Wien | Zoologisches Institut, Wien | Austria |
| ZIUZ | Sveuciliste u Zagrebu (University of Zagreb) | Zoological Institute, P. O. Box 815, Trg Marsala Tita 14, 41000 Zagreb | Yugoslavia |
| ZMA | Universiteit van Amsterdam | Zoologisch Museum, University of Amsterdam, P. O. Box 4766, NL-1009, Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| ZMB | UniversitŠt Humboldt | Museum fur Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin | Germany (FDR) |
| ZMBN | Vertebrate Section, Museum of Zoology | University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen | Norway |
| ZMH | UniversitŠt Hamburg | Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg | Germany (FDR) |
| ZML* see MZLU | Museum of Zoology, Lund University (Kottelat et al.,1993)(Ahlander, 3/15/2005 Pers. Comm.) | HelgonavŠgen 3, S-223 62 Lund | Sweden |
| ZML | MusŽe de Zoologie (Kottelat et al.,1993) | Palais de Rumine, Case postale 448, CH-1000 Lausanne 17 | Switzerland |
| ZMMGU | Moscow State University | Zoological Museum, Kerzernst. 6, Moscow | USSR |
| ZMMSU | Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University | Herzen St., SU-Moscow 103009 | Russia |
| ZMO | Zoological Museum, University of Oslo | Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Sars gt. 1, N-0562, Oslo 5 | Norway |
| ZMT | Georgian State Museum | Zoological Section, Pl. Lenina, Tbilisi, GSSR | USSR |
| ZMUB | Universitetet I Bergen, Zoologisk Museum | Museplass 3, N-5014 Bergen/Univ. | Norway |
| ZMUC | Kobenhavns Universitet | Zoologisk Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen | Danmark |
| ZMUL* see MZLU | Lund Universitet (Ahlander, 3/15/2005 Pers. Comm., preferred code = MZLU) | Zoologiska Museet, S-221 01 Lund | Sweden |
| ZMUO | Universitetets 1 Oslo | Zoologisk Museum, Sargy. 1, Oslo | Norway |
| ZMUU* see UUZM | Uppsala Universitet (Evolutionsmuseet/ Museum of Evolution) | Zoologiscka Museet, P. O. Box 256, S-751 05 Uppsala | Sweden |
| ZMZ | Universitat Zurich | Zoologisches Museum, Kinstergasse 16, jCH-8006 Zurich | Switzerland |
| ZSI | Zoological Survey of India | Fire Proof Spirit Building, 27 Jawaharial Nehru Road, 700 016 Calcutta, West Bengal | India |
| ZSM | Zoologisches Sammlung des Bayerischen States (Leviton et al., 1985) | Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungen Bayerns, Menzinger Str. 71, D-80638 MŸnchen | Germany |
| ZSM | Zoologische Staatssammlung, (Kottelat et al., 1993) | MŸnchhausenstra§e 21, D-81247 MŸnchen | Germany |
| ZSM BSP | Bayerische Staatssammlung fŸr PalŠontologie und Geologie, | Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, D-80333 MŸnchen [personal communication 2/26/2005 Dr. Markus Moser] | Germany |
| ZSP | Zoological Survey of Pakistan | Hotel Nazli, Nishtar Road, Karachi 3 | Pakistan |
| ZUEC | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | Departmento do Zoologia, 13100 Campinas, kSao Paulo, Sao Paulo | Brasil |
| ZUMT | University of Tokyo | Department of Zoology, University Museum, Tokyo | Japan |
| Send Corrections to: John Bruner <jbruner@ualberta.ca> | |||
| DATE: | Corrections made by: | ||
| (2/25/05) 1 | Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, | ECOSUR, Laboratorio de Necton, A.P. 424, MX-77000 Chetumal, QR, | MEXICO |
| (2/28/2005) 2 | Pier Giorgio Bianco, | ||
| (2/28/2005) 3 | Dr. Markus Moser, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Stuttgart | Museum am Loewentor (= Rosenstein 1), D-70191 Stuttgart, | Germany |
| (2/28/2005) 4 | Dr. Sammy De Grave, Assistant Curator of Zoology | Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, England | U.K. |
| (3/1/2005) 5 | Gustavo E. Chiaramonte, Head and Curator, Divisi—n Ictiolog’a, | Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| (3/2/2005) 6 | Dr. Juan Jacobo SCHMITTER-SOTO, (he found more mistakes!) | ECOSUR, Laboratorio de Necton, A.P. 424, MX-77000 Chetumal, QR, | MEXICO |
| (3/2/2005) 7 | Dr. Erik Ahlander, Swedish Museum of Natural History, (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) | Section for Vertebrate Zoology, (Frescativagen 48), P.O. Box 50007; S-104 05 STOCKHOLM | Sweden |
| (3/15/2005) 8 | Gordon (Gus) Yearsley | CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research; GPO Box 1538; (Castray Esplanade); Hobart, TAS 7001 | Australia |