ASIH COLLECTION LIST ANNOUNCED

The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists announces the completion of a revised list of standard codes (abbreviations, acronyms) for ichthyological and herpetological collections, edited by Mark Sabaj Pérez, which has been posted for your review to the ASIH website. The new list builds on the excellent foundation established by several predecessors, most recently the list of codons compiled by John Bruner, which has served our interests well for the last several years. Mark's revised list adds several collections that were not represented earlier and incorporates recent changes to several existing entries. Going forward, Mark also has agreed to post revisions to this new list on a regular basis so that ASIH members (and other taxonomists) have access to an authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date list at all times. Initially, the list will be available only from the ASIH website. However, we encourage other fish and herp societies-and related resources-to make the list available from their websites as well. We also will investigate the possibility of making the list available via the website of the Biodiversity Collections Index http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/static/index.html>www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/static/index.html

as a means of promoting this list as a standard source for taxonomists in general.

You are invited to download the list, which is available in both pdf and xls formats, at

http://www.asih.org>www.asih.org

The files are located in the pull-down menu below the "Curation" tab; click Ich & Herp Collection Codes. Mark looks forward to receiving corrections, additions and other appropriate changes to the list, both now and at any time in the future. Please also submit any other suggestions for improvement, and let us know if you have any difficulty accessing the list. Send all comments directly to Mark at

sabaj@ansp.org