Featured species
A glimpse of the specimens documented across their life stages. Tap any card to explore.
Full life cycle
Alepes kleinii
Carangidae
Full life cycle
Ambassis gymnocephalus
Ambassidae
Full life cycle
Cynoglossus puncticeps
Cynoglossidae
Full life cycle
Escualosa thoracata
Engraulidae
Full life cycle
Paramugil parmatus
Mugilidae
Full life cycle
Terapon jarbua
Terapontidae
Acreichthys tomentosus
Monacanthidae
Anodontostoma chacunda
Dorosomatidae
Every stage of early life
Most databases catalogue adults. We document the fragile early stages — egg, larvae and juvenile — that are hardest to identify in the field.
Photographed egg specimens
Photographed larval specimens
Photographed juvenile specimens
Who we are
[Replace this with your organization's introduction.] The TC-CC Specimen Database is maintained by the marine research team at Nha Trang University. We collect, identify and DNA-barcode the early life stages of marine fish along Vietnam's coast, and share the data openly to support conservation, fisheries management and education.
Curated specimens
Eggs, larvae and juveniles documented with photos, life-stage and collection metadata.
Mapped by location
Every record is tied to a sampling site across Vietnam's coastal provinces.
DNA barcoded
COI mtDNA sequences link to NCBI for confident species identification.
What you can do here
Explore the collection in whichever way suits your research.
Specimen Search
Find species by order, family, name or DNA barcode, with image galleries for each life stage.
Open →Interactive Map
See where specimens were collected across Vietnam's coastal sampling sites.
Open →Document Library
Download research papers, reports and reference materials from the project.
Open →Our partners & sponsors
This work is made possible with the support of the following organizations.
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