Chapter 1: The science of ichthyology Flashcards
What is a fish?
An aquatic vertebrate with gills and with limbs in the shape of fins
Who is Linnaeus (Carl Linne)?
Linnaeus produced the first real attempt at an organized system of fish classification (‘Systema Natura’, published in 1758).
What is binomial nomenclature?
Naming every organism with a two-part name based on genus and species.
Who is Peter Artedi?
The acknowledged ‘founder of ichthyology’ and author of ‘Ichthyologia’, published posthumously in 1738.
In the mid-1800s, what did Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes create?
The first complete list of the fishes of the world (‘Histoire naturelle de poissons’, 1829-1849).
Who made the second attempt at listing all the known fishes of the world in the late 1800s?
Albert Günther
Who is David Starr Jordan?
A major American ichthyologist who produced several publications that form the basis of our present knowledge of North American fishes. In 1923 he published a list of all the genera of fishes that had ever been described.
Fish account for _____ of all living vertebrates.
more than half
The greatest diversity of fishes is found in the ______.
tropics
