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

该项目将支持制作X射线照片和数码照片，包括加州科学院鱼类学收藏中的全部1363个正模标本、47个选模标本和3467个综合型标本的代表。 这些射线照片和照片将为该学院的主要鱼类种类提供永久的档案记录。 与此同时，将通过学院的因特网网址向用户提供这些数字图像。 这是其他鱼类所没有的。 分辨率高于网上图像的图像将以其他形式免费提供，例如通过匿名FTP服务器、作为电子邮件的附件、作为CD或作为纸上文件。 鱼类学界会发现这项服务非常有用，不仅可以将这些图像用作标本的替代品，还可以在出版物中用作插图。 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坏或损失的可能性。 在一个类型的损失的情况下，鱼类学界仍然会有标本的图形记录。

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.