NHMO DNA Bank Fish scale collection

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by University of Oslo on Apr 29, 2026 University of Oslo
Publication date:
April 29, 2026
Published by:
University of Oslo
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

The NHMO DNA Bank Fish scale collection at the Natural History Museum in Oslo (NHMO), Norway contains fish scales and some other fish structures collected in Norway from 1939 until present. The scales may serve as excellent sources of DNA for genetic analyses. The collection is databased in Corema, a software that has been developed in close cooperation between the NHMO and the developer, Compositae AS (https://www.coremadb.com/). An accession generally refers to a given individual at a specific place and time; for each accession, one or more items may exist.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 169,340 records.

4 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
169340
MaterialSample 
169340
Preparation 
169339
Preservation 
169339
ResourceRelationship 
5865

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Johannessen L E, Johnsen A (2026). NHMO DNA Bank Fish scale collection. Version 1.288. University of Oslo. Occurrence dataset. https://corema.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=o_dna_fish_herptiles&v=1.288

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Oslo. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: de2875e4-6f69-460a-b8c4-ead427afd53e.  University of Oslo publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Tissue sample; DNA extract; Fish scale; Occurrence

Contacts

Lars Erik Johannessen
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Collection manager
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  • Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
NO
Arild Johnsen
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  • Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
NO
Rukaya Johaadien
  • User

Geographic Coverage

Norway, with a few samples from neighbouring countries

Bounding Coordinates South West [56, 4], North East [72, 33]

Taxonomic Coverage

Fish

Class Teleostei

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 1939-current

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers de2875e4-6f69-460a-b8c4-ead427afd53e
https://corema.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=o_dna_fish_herptiles