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Ichthyology

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2025.

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related to Notable ichthyologists · 45
Ichthyology → Akihito, Albert BoulengerFrancis Buchanan-Hamilton, Alexander Emanuel AgassizLouis AgassizEmperor, AllenPeter ArtediHerbert, Author, AxelrodWilliam, Ayres, BeanLev Berg, CaliforniaSpencer Fullerton BairdTarleton Hoffman, China, CompagnoEdward Drinker CopeGeorges CuvierFrancis, Constant QuoyConstantine Samuel RafinesqueJohn, CopeiaJohn Roxborough NormanPeter Simon, Day, East IndiesMarcus Elieser BlochGeorge, EigenmannRosa Smith EigenmannWilliam, EnglishAchille ValenciennesJohann Julius WalbaumGilbert, Ernest RandallCharles Tate ReganJohn, EschmeyerBarton Warren EvermannHenry Weed, Fishes
related to 16th–17th century · 31
Ichthyology → Acanthopterygii, Albertus Seba, Amsterdam, Another, Artedi, Branchiostegi, Brazilian, Carl Linnaeus, Chondropterygii, Francis Willughby, Furthermore, Georg Marcgrave, He, His, Historia Piscium, In, John Ray, Linnaeus, Linnaeus's, Malacopterygii
related to Modern era · 30
Ichthyology → Adventurous, Agassiz, Americas, Berlin, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Close, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Great Lakes, Harvard University, He, Histoire Naturelle, Ichthyologic Ohiensis, In, It, John James Audubon, Louis Agassiz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, North America
related to Additional references · 20
Ichthyology → Biology, Bond, Bond's Biology, Carl, Fish, FishBase Information System, Froese, ISBN, Joseph, Julet, Michael Barton, Nelson, Palomares ML, Pauly, Saunders, Stergiou KI, Third Edition, Version, Wiley, World
related to 335 BC–80 AD · 14
Ichthyology → After, Aristotle, BC, Between, Elder, European Renaissance, Furthermore, Greeks, Mediterranean, Pliny, Pliny's, Roman, The Romans, Theophrastus
related to European Renaissance · 7
Ichthyology → Despite, Guillaume Rondelet, Hippolito Salviani, Pierre Belon, Rondelet's De Piscibus Marinis, The, This
related to External links · 7
Ichthyology → Archived, Brian Coad's Dictionary, Ichthyologists, IchthyologyIchthyology Web Resources, July, List, Wayback Machine
related to history · 6
Ichthyology → According, Centre College, Early, Michael Barton, The, Upper Paleolithic Revolution
see also · 1
Ichthyology → GISMeristics

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fish species study within artedi ichthyologists peter carl linnaeus one renaissance modern european scientific published charles cuvier william including taxonomic

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the apostle Peterinstance ofhave identified the commercially important native fish species that would have been harvested by fishermen0.80text
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John James Auduboninstance ofHe made a cabinet of fish dwelling within the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River regions.Adventurous individuals0.80text
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque figure in the faunal documentation of North Americainstance ofHe made a cabinet of fish dwelling within the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River regions.Adventurous individuals0.80text
Ichthyologyrelated to 16th–17th centuryThe0.60section
Ichthyologyrelated to 16th–17th centuryRenaissance0.60section
Ichthyologyrelated to 16th–17th centuryThe Renaissance0.60section
Ichthyologyrelated to 16th–17th centuryGeorg Marcgrave0.60section
Ichthyologyrelated to 16th–17th centurySaxony0.60section

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