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Catalog of Fishes - version of 9 September 2009
This posting continues previous versions of the Catalog of Fishes.
Species of Fishes by family/subfamily -- Prepared by Bill Eschmeyer and Jon Fong from the 9 September 2009 version. Total valid taxa reflect new taxa added minus taxa moved into synonymy plus taxa newly moved to valid. The classification is as used in the Catalog of Fishes.
Ichthyological collections -- Presented are those specimen collections mentioned in the main Catalog of Fishes database, especially as repositories of type specimens. Besides museum names and abbreviations, this includes WWW sites, cross-referencing of abbreviations, and selection of museums by country, along with type catalogs, historical articles, name changes, transfers, and other items for individual collections. Prepared by Ron Fricke and Bill Eschmeyer.
Ichthyological journals -- There are nearly 2400 individual journals or monograph series in the Catalog of Fishes database. We provide full citations, and other information such as changes in titles, published duration, ISSN numbers, WWW sites, etc. Prepared by Ron Fricke and Bill Eschmeyer.
How to cite the Catalog of Fishes: As previously suggested, if you use the Catalog to check spellings, authorships, dates of publication and related items, and/or as a source of recent publications, please consider mentioning this in your methods section or include a citation in your literature cited as: Eschmeyer, W.N. and Fricke, R. (eds.) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (9 September 2009). http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
Acknowledgments for this version: Ron Fricke has concentrated on examining early and missed references and now works directly in the database with "status" references. Worldfish/Fishbase (via N. Bailly) helped with some funding and with computer searches for errors and discrepancies. Special thanks to Michal Miksik and Erwin Schraml (from world of fishes) and to Thomas Litz. Jon Fong and Stan Blum continued to provide computer support and advice on technical matters. CAS provides funds to cover some expenses of Eschmeyer. The WWW site of Michal Miksik and Erwin Schraml (from world of fishes) is an excellent source for new taxa. Michal Miksik greatly assisted us in finding new references and especially new taxa descriptions. Dennis Polack searched for errors in the database. James Maclaine (BMNH) researched "missing" types at the BMNH. Many others assisted with this version: (alphabetically): Erik Åhlander, William D. Anderson, Nicolas Bailly, Marie-Louise Bauchot, Ralf Britz, Kent Carpenter, Brian Coad, Daniel Gledhill, Steven Grant, Hans Ho, Praveen Khare, Stefan Koerber, Maurice Kottelat, Thomas Litz, James Maclaine, Marcos Mirande, Hirosaki Motomura, David Nicolson, Mark Sabaj Pérez, Sabine Petri, Jeri Plistil, A. M. Prokofiev, Richard Pyle and GBIF, John Randall, Christopher Scharpf, Robert Schelly, Erwin Schramml, Shirleen Smith, Carl Struthers, H. H. Tan, J. A. Vanegas-Rios, Richard Vari, William White.
Bill Eschmeyer
California Academy of Sciences
weschmeyer@calacademy.org
Ron Fricke
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
fricke.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de