Freshwater fish collection of the Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

Abstract

The freshwater fish collection of the Instituto Humboldt (IAvH-P) was founded in 1971 in Bogotá by the naturalist Jorge Hernández Camacho. The collection was formerly affiliated to the Instituto de Desarrollo de los Recursos Naturales Renovables (Inderena). The first specimens mainly proceeded from inventories and monitoring programs developed by oil companies (e.g. British Petroleum) in their operational influence areas in Colombia, catches from fishing vessels, and from research programs of international organizations, e.g. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO). Since 1985,