Austin Peay State University Fish Specimens (Arctos)

The APSU David Snyder Museum of Zoology (DSMZ) houses a rapidly growing, research quality collection of over 6,200 lots and 42,000 specimens of fishes from the Mid-south Region. The majority of specimens are from Tennessee, Kentucky and surrounding states, encompassing the most diverse fish faunas of the US. In 2016, APSU acquired the Tennessee collections of the SIUC Fish Collection. This acquisition greatly expanded the diversity and size of our holdings and provided a home for the abandoned SIUC collection. Additionally, the APSU fish collection is a repository of specimens for the Tennessee Valley Authority and Kentucky Division of Wildlife Resources, other state agencies, and researchers.APSU大卫·斯奈德动物学博物馆（David Snyder Museum of Zoology，简称DSMZ）馆藏规模持续快速增长，拥有一批达到科研级品质的美国中南部地区鱼类标本，共计6200余批次、42000余件。其中绝大多数标本采自田纳西州、肯塔基州及周边各州，覆盖了美国鱼类区系多样性最高的区域。2016年，APSU收购了SIUC鱼类标本馆的田纳西州馆藏标本，此次收购极大扩充了本馆的馆藏规模与物种多样性，同时为此前无人管护的SIUC馆藏标本提供了妥善的存放场所。此外，APSU鱼类标本馆还是田纳西河谷管理局、肯塔基州野生动物资源局等州属机构及科研人员的标本寄存库。