Welcome to the Department of Ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History

Ichthyology is one of four research departments within the Museum's Division of Vertebrate Zoology, and it is committed to the care of the fish collection and to collection-based anatomical and systematic research. All curators and many of the department's affiliated scientists maintain active field programs that continue to augment the Department's collection. Specific research topics and fieldwork are determined by the departmental scientists and overseen by the curators. All three curators have a strong commitment to postdoctoral training and graduate training in systematics, conservation, and evolutionary biology through the diversity of graduate programs available at the AMNH, including cooperative PhD programs with Columbia University and the City University of New York (see the Museum Office of Grants and Fellowships or contact the Department curators for more information).

Additional information about the department and collections.

    Now available: Bloch reproductions