Fish collection
Curator: Yury
Mylosyerdov.
294 taxidermied freshwater and marine fish, as well as bones mainly of
Chondrichthyes. The collection was formed rather spontaneously and consists of
occasional donations from various sources. Recently the museum has been
receiving material from the Moscow Zoo aquarium and the Terrarium Center. Most
of the specimens from this collection were used in the Museum’s permanent exhibition,
such as the Coral Reef diorama.
Of
undoubted interest is a series of 26 rostrums of various types of Sawfishes,
also known as carpenter sharks (Common, Green, Smalltooth sawfish and others)
of various sizes, clearly illustrating intraspecific and age-related
variability, as well as the jaws of various species of sharks (tiger, oceanic
whitetip, grey nurse shark) and rays. These materials were purchased long ago
from the company Umlyauf (Hamburg, Germany). In addition, the collection
contains a good selection of taxidermied boxfishes and pufferfish.
Shark jaws. Sand tiger
shark (Carcharius taurus Raf.) on the left. Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharinus
longimanus Poey) on the right.
A fragment of the Coral Reef showcase of the Museum’s permanent exhibition.
Учреждение, подведомственное
