Image Gallery: Quick tour of the fish collection

Behind the public front of the Australian Museum lies one of its greatest assets, the collections.

The fish collection is stored in four separate areas on the College St site and one off-site facility.

This gallery shows images taken in the collection.

Old specimen jars from the fish collection Old specimen jars from the fish collection
Old style specimen jars Old style specimen jars
Specimens to be put away in the collection Specimens to be put away in the collection
The syntype of Carcharias malabaricus Day 1873 The syntype of Carcharias malabaricus Day 1873
Red ribbons signify primary type specimens Red ribbons signify primary type specimens
An old jar containing a holotype An old jar containing a holotype
Large jar containing a holotype Large jar containing a holotype
An old specimen label An old specimen label