List of museums' acronyms (Leviton, 1985)


Acronym

full name

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History (Fish collection), New York, USA

AMS

Australian Museum (Fish Collection), Sidney, Australia

BMNH

Natural History Museum (Fish Collection), London , United Kingdom

CAS (or SU)

California Academy of Sciences (Department of Ichthyology), San Francisco, USA

CMNFI

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Fish collection), Los Angeles, USA

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Catalogue des poissons (National Museum of Natural History, Catalogue of Fishes), Paris, France

MSNG

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova "Giacomo Doria" (Genoa Natural History Civic Museum, "Giacomo Doria"), Genova, Italy

RMNH

Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (National Natural History Museum), formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands

SYSZ

Biological Museum of the Sun Yatsen University

USNM

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes, Washington, USA

ZMA

Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam (Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ZMB

Humboldt-Universität, Museum für Naturkunde, Zoologisches Museum, Vertebraten (Wirbeltiere), Ichthyologie [University of Humboldt, Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, Vertebrates, Ichthyology], Berlin, Germany

ZRC

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore








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