Digitized Collection on Specimen of Fish, Shrimps, and Shells in Fisheries Research Institute

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Taiwan is surrounded by oceans. The effects of cold currents in the coastline of Mainland China, warm currents, Japan current, and monsoon have made Taiwan an appropriate habitat for fish, shrimps, and shells. This unique geographic envionrment forms an excellent natural fishery that breeds and enriches the diversified life-force of the ocean.
Fisheries Research Institute of Council of Agriculture is the only fisheries research institute in Taiwan. Over the decades, the institute is devoted to investigate all fish, shrimps, and shells around Taiwan, and to conduct researches on artificial farming technologies on fish, shrimps, and shells. Since the establishment of Fisheries Research Institute in 1929, collections of specimen on the valuable sea life creatures have become the important resources to study the ocean and fishing development in Taiwan. Data bank on fish specimen has been established by researchers it has been systematically arranged, checked, reexamined, registrated, and labeled. Each original specimen has been digitized and posted online for reference and application. In the past two years, more than two thousand specimen of fish, shells, shrimps, and cephalpods have been posted online for the public to browse and search for information on sea life creatures. The information is available at: http://www.tfrin.gov.tw/friweb/index.php?func=collection
Marine and deep sea fish is the main focus in this collection of specimen. The scope of specimen ranges from the oceans and islands around Taiwan, North and South Pacific Ocean, High Sea of India Ocean to oceans in the South Pole. The water depth of fish specimen ranges from the surface of ocean to 4000 meter below the sea level. In addition to common types of fish, rare or endangered types of fish such as Macrognathus aculeatum, Conger japonicus, Opisthopterus tardoore, Photostomias guernei, Gonostoma elongatum, Polyipnus stereope, and Argyropelecus affinis are found. Characters of deep sea Fish are degenerated eyes, extreme long teeth, or have photophores, and it varies from species to species. Long teeth enables the fish to keep the prey from escaping. Photophores functions as lures to trap preys, attract the opposite sex, and to distinguish their own kinds. The position and patterns of the photophores are important tools to identify deep sea fish . Argyropelecus affinis found in 2050 meter below the sea level has a significant photophores. The photophores almost formed a line from the chest to the bottom and the spaces between the photphores are longer by the tail part.
Successful artificial propagation on fish is another characteristic of the institute, this includes the Ctenopharyngodon idellus, chub, and mullet of the 1960s, sparling, milkfish, and black porgy, Malabar grouper, Acanthopagrus latus, and leng-tsiam of the 1980s, and Plectorhinchus cinctus, Sciaenops ocellatas (Red Drum), and Protonibea diacanthus of the 1990s.
In addition, fresh water fish such as Varicorhinus barabtulus, Acrossoheilus paradoxus, black carp, Carassius auratus Linnaeus, mojarra, Morone saxatilis, rainbow trout, and Acipenser baeri Brandt . can be found in the aquarium. Sea fish such as milk fish, black porgy, Malabar grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, Lutjanus sebase, Acanthopagrus latus, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, Sciaenops ocellatas (Red Drum), and cobia can also be found in the aquarium. Various types of dried specimen on large fish such as sail fish, opah, and moonfish are shown in the Exhibition Room. Authentic life sized specimen of dolphins, toothed whale, and mysticete as well as rare thysanoteuthidae are on exhibit too. There are numerous types of fish on exhibit, your visit is most welcomed.

臺灣沿近海海洋生物標本之數位典藏—魚、貝、甲殼類

This article is written by Marine Fisheries Division, Fisheries Research Institute of Council of Agriculture.

Digitized Collection on Specimen of Fish, Shrimps, and Shells in Fisheries Research Institute

Argyropelecus affinis
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00091

Polyipnus stereope )
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00133

Conger japonicus

  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00273

Gonostoma elongatum )
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00496

Gonostoma elongatum )
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00498

Macrognathus aculeatus
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00675

Polyipnus stereope

  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00876

Polyipnus stereope
  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00878

Polyipnus stereope

  • Topics and Key Words: Term: Animal
  • Descriptive Explanation: Preserved Way: It is fixed by Formalin and preserved by Isopropylacohol.
  • Data Identification: FRIP00879