Radiograph and Digital Photograph Records of Primary Type Specimens in the Ichthyological Collections of the California Academy of Sciences

该项目将支持加利福尼亚科学院鱼类学收藏的1363张全像、47张全像和3467张综合像的x射线照片和数码照片的制作。这些x光片和照片将成为学院主要鱼类种类的永久档案记录。同时，它们将通过学院的互联网网站以数字图像的形式提供给用户社区。这在其他鱼类收集中都没有做过。比Web上的图像分辨率更高的图像将以其他形式免费提供，例如通过匿名FTP服务器、作为电子邮件消息的附件、作为CD或作为纸上的打印输出。鱼类学社区会发现这项服务非常有用，不仅可以将图像用作标本的替代品，还可以用作出版物中的插图。发送图像而不是标本将减少借出的主要类型的数量，从而减少这些宝贵标本不可挽回的损害或损失的可能性。如果失去了一个类型，鱼类学社区仍将有标本的图形记录。

This project will support the production of x-radiographs and digital photographs all 1, 363 holotypes, 47 lectotypes, and representatives of 3, 467 syntypes in the ichthyological collections of the California Academy of Sciences. These radiographs and photographs will provide a permanent archival record of the Academy's primary type holdings of fishes. At the same time, they will be made available as digital images to the user community through the Academy's Internet Website. This has not been done for any other fish collection. Higher-resolution images than those on the Web will be made available at no cost in other forms, such as through an anonymous FTP server, as an attachment to an email message, as a CD, or as a printout on paper. The ichthyological community will find this service extremely useful and can use the images not just as a substitute for the specimens, but also for illustrations in their publications. Sending images rather than specimens will reduce the number of primary types loaned out and thus reduce the possibilities of irreparable damage or loss of these invaluable specimens. In the event of loss of a type, the ichthyological community will still have graphic records of the specimen.