Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2013, Nr 11, pages 109-114 Fishes in the Comparative OsteologicaL Collection of the NationaL Museum of NaturaL History NAS of Ukraine Kovalchuk, O. M. Summary: Comparative osteologicaL recent fish collection from the funds of department of vertebrate paleozoology and Academician V. O. Topachevsky paleontologicaL museum (National Museum of NaturaL History, NationaL Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv) is described and catalogued. TotaL collection value is 270 specimens. Skeletons and individuaL bones of the 39 species 36 genera 13 families and 10 orders of the recent fishes (Chondrostei and Neopterygii) are presented. The majority of them were collected in Ukraine. The present collection can be used for research work connected with the study of the recent and fossiL ichthyologicaL material. Keywords: comparative collection, osteologicaL units, Chondrostei, Neopterygii, Ukraine. Address: National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030 Ukraine; е-mail: Biologiest@ukr.net summary ukr., summary ros., summary eng, pdf return |