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collections: Research collections of fresh-water 

 fishes from West Indies, Mexico, Central and South 

 America as well as other parts of the world ; identified 

 reference collection of local fishes. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two full time at professional level and 

 1 part-time. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Revision of Pomacentridae (Loren P. Woods) 

 Revision of berycoids (Loren P. Woods) 

 Miscellaneous studies on West Indian fauna (Loren 



P.Woods) 

 Revision of Gonostomatidae (Marion Grey) 

 Study of the genus Anoplogaster (Marion Grey) 



Division of Loiver Invertebrates 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. G. Alan Solem, Curator. 

 SCOPE of activities: Unrestricted research on inverte- 

 brates, especially mollusks. 

 provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 2 visi- 



CHIC.^GO N.\TL'K.\L HISTORY MUSEUM, USA 



tors ; no fees charged ; living quarters available nearby. 



COLLECTIONS: Research collections of about 1,100,000 

 mollusks, representing 55 per cent of non-marine 

 species and 20 per cent of marine species; about 

 10,000 other non-terrestrial arthropods; identified 

 reference collection of local mollusks. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Non-marine mollusks of Panama (A. Solem) 

 Endodontid land snails of the Pacific Ocean (A. 

 Solem ) 



Inst'ittit Royal des Sciences Naturelles de 

 Belgiqne 



THE BELGIUM ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL 

 SCIENCES 



POSTAL ADDRESS: rue Vautier, 31, Bruxelles 4, Belgique 

 (Brussels 4, Belgium). 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. A. Capart, Directeur. 

 SPONSORING AGENCY: Ministere de Education Nationale. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1846. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Public education and research in 

 the natural sciences; studies of marine ecology as well 

 as fresh-water and brackish-water ecology in different 

 regions, Mediterranean, Antarctic and south Atlantic. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 10 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Very extensive library; 

 running fresh-water, small aquarium tanks; important 

 research and identified reference collections of most 

 fresh-water and marine organisms of Belgium and the 

 Congo ; machine and wood shop. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Thirty-four at professional level; 99 

 technicians. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Bulleliii and Menioires (regu- 

 larly published journals) 



SECTIONS DEVOTED TO AQUATIC BIOLOGY: 



Service D'Hydrobiologie 



EXECUTIVE officer: a. Capart, Director. 



Laboratoire D' Oceana graphie 



EXECUTIVE officer: M. Steyaert, Assistant. 

 SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Physics, chemistry and plank- 

 ton. 



Laboratoire Eaitx Donees et Saiimatres (Fresh- and 

 Brackish-Water Laboratory) 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: L. van Meel Sc.D., Assistant. 

 SCOPE OF activities: Physics, chemistry and plank- 

 ton. 



Service des Vertebres, Laboratoire des Poissons 

 (Vertebrate Section, Ichthyology Laboratory) 



INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURALLES DE BELGIQUE 



