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Catalog of Fishes - version of 29 December 2008

This posting continues previous versions of the Catalog of Fishes. Two new databases (below) are provided in an effort to assist researchers.

Species of Fishes by family/subfamily -- Prepared by Bill Eschmeyer and Jon Fong from the 18 December 2008 version. This is the third posting of this summary. 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. This is the first or preliminary version. 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. This is the first presentation of this database. 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 (updated 18 Dec. 2008). /ichthyology/catalog/fishcatsearch.html

Acknowledgments for this version: Note that Ron Fricke has joined the projects as an editor. Very special thanks for this version are to Michal Miksik and Erwin Schraml (www.worldfish.de) and Dennis Polack and Eddy Derijst for extensive and important assistance. Jon Fong and Stan Blum continued to provide computer support and advice on technical matters. CAS provides funds to cover expenses of Eschmeyer. We are grateful to the many journals that have or are moving to open access. Also, the WWW site of Michal Miksik and Erwin Schraml (www.worldfish.de) is an excellent source for new taxa. Michal Miksik, Erwin Schraml and Stefan Koerber assist us in finding new references and taxa. Dennis Polack searches for errors in the database. James Maclaine (BMNH) researches "missing" types at the BMNH, and forwards new finds on a regular basis. Many others assisted with this version: (alphabetically) Eric Anderson, William D. Anderson, Harold Ahnelt, Nicolas Bailly, Martin Byttebier, Dario Castro, Dave Catania, Matthew Craig, David Eschmeyer, Carl Ferraris, Michael Fine, Tom Fraser, Steven Grant, Alena Hornakova, Phil Heemstra, Hans Ho, Mysi Hoang, Tomio Iwamoto, Zeehan Jaafar, Maurice Kottelat, Sven Kullander, Rutie Kuter, Thomas Litz, Hugo López, Nathan Lujan, John McCosker, Peter Midford, Michael Mincarone, Prachya Musikasinthorn, Joe Nelson, H. H. Ng, Larry Page, Carla Pavanelli, Mark Sabaj Pérez, Mats Petersson, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Paulo Petry, Bill Poly, Graham Proudlove, Jack Randall, Mike Retzer, Chris Scharpf, T. K. Shrestha, Victor Springer, Peter Unmack, Richard van der Laan, Lou van Guelpen, Jeff Williams, and Angela Zanata.

Bill Eschmeyer
California Academy of Sciences

Ron Fricke
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde

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