Search for Xyrichtys victori returned 14 results.

Collection: Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection

The Herpetology Collection comprises more than 76,000 specimens of snakes, lizards, frogs, salamanders, tortoises and turtles. Established in the 1850s, the majority of the collection comprises specimens kept in 70% alcohol, plus sub-collections of ethanol-fixed and frozen tissues, a dry and skeletal collection, an X-ray and photographic collection...

Collection: Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection

This major Australian collection encompasses more than 30,000 specimens, many relating to Victoria's history. It is significant not only due to its size but also because many items are of historical and continuing scientific value...

Collection: Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection

The Ornithology Collection contains more than 70 000 specimens of mounted birds, skins, skeletons, eggs and specimens preserved in alcohol. One of the largest Australian avian collections, primarily of Australian species and with a strong Victorian emphasis, it includes material from a broad spectrum of the world’s avifauna and represents in excess of 4000 species. Many are of great historical significance, especially those purchased from John Gould in the mid-19th century...

Collection: Museums Victoria DNA Laboratory

Collection: Museums Victoria Ichthyology Collection

The Ichthyology Collection is one of the oldest and most significant fish collections in Australia, representing 150 years of acquisition from a wide variety of sources and comprising some 36,000 lots and 350,000 specimens. It includes fishes (sharks, rays, chimaeroids, jawless and bony fishes) as well as representatives of the lancelets (primitive chordates belonging to the subphylum Cephalochordata)...

Collection: National Herbarium of Victoria

The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria provides a focus for plant taxonomy and systematics in Victoria and provides a rich resource for botanical information. The collection supports the work of staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, researchers and students at tertiary institutions, and researchers nationally and internationally...

Collection: Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection

The Marine Invertebrates collection encompasses invertebrates with the exception of insects and spiders. It includes crabs, sea spiders, lobsters, isopods, sponges, corals, worms, molluscs, echinoderms, protozoans and some non-vertebrate chordates. There are over 1,200,000 specimens in the collection, including several thousand type specimens. The mollusc collection, which includes shells, comprises over 800,000 lots and is of international significance.

Collection: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Ichthyology

The basis of the zoological collections of the QVMAG was formed from the Launceston Mechanics' Institute, which opened in 1842. Many exotic species, mainly mounted specimens, were acquired during the early years as a result of exchanges with other museums around the world.

Collection: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Mammals

The basis of the zoological collections of the QVMAG was formed from the Launceston Mechanics' Institute, which opened in 1842. Many exotic species, mainly mounted specimens, were acquired during the early years as a result of exchanges with other museums around the world. Dr RH Green, Curator of Zoology 1961-90 was responsible for significantly increasing the size of the Tasmanian mammal and bird research collections including the range of species represented...

Collection: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Birds

The basis of the zoological collections of the QVMAG was formed from the Launceston Mechanics' Institute, which opened in 1842. Many exotic species, mainly mounted specimens, were acquired during the early years as a result of exchanges with other museums around the world. Dr RH Green, Curator of Zoology 1961-90 was responsible for significantly increasing the size of the Tasmanian mammal and bird research collections including the range of species represented...