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A Brief History of
Ichthyology & Taxonomy
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Quiz
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Download, print (preferably also bind). Douglas’s
Freshwater Fishes of Louisiana
Assignment 1 is to do a 2 page description similar to
what is shown in Douglas.
Assignment 1:
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Get current names:
talog/fishcatmain.asp
Eschmeyer
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Update a species in Douglas
Tell me your preferred species
Get a new picture
Use distribution from Douglas, supplement if possible
Update name and description
List (Bib.) and print all source material
Assignment1 : Due Sept.16
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A Brief History of
Ichthyology & Taxonomy
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Taxonomy: The second oldest
profession
According to the bible the first
man was a taxonomist (first a
farmer).
In Genesis 2:19, "God
brought them (all the beasts of the
field and the birds of the air) to the
man to see what he would name
them; and whatever the man called
each living creature, that was its
name".
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Aristotle
384 BC – 322 BC
Separated fish from marine
mammals
Described 117 species of
Mediterranean fishes
Soon after Pliny the Elder,
compiled what was known about
fishes (mostly Greek fishes) – no
major ichthyological work for more
than 1000 years!
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Carl von Linn
é
(Linnaeus)
Linneaus produced current
standard for classification.
10th addition of
Systema naturae,
is Y1 of taxonomy, published in
1758 (100 yrs, before the
Origin of
Species
)
Invented binomial nomenclature
Genus species,
even latinized his
own name,
Carolus linnaeus
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Petrus Artedi –
The Father of Ichthyology
Linneaus’ efforts (500 spp. described) on fish
classification based almost entirely on the work of Peter
Artedi.
Ichthyologia
sive Opera omnia de piscibus.
Artedi taught us how to describe fish species and layed
the foundation of their higher classification (Orders).
Artedi died just before Linnaeus’s own status took off.
Some implement Linnaeus in the mysterious death of
Artedi. Artedi drowned at the age of 30 (same age as
your professor!) drunk in a canal in Amsterdam.
Here lies poor Artedi, in foreign land pyx'd
Not a man nor a fish, but something betwixt,
Not a man, for his life among fishes he past,
Not a fish, for he perished by water at last.
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Georges Cuvier &
The first complete list of fishes of the world
Histoire naturelle de poissons
(1829-1849), in 24
volumes, described and consolidated all information
related to ichthyology to date, described many novel
species
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Albert G
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nther
