About

Co-authored by Theodore W. Pietsch and William D. Anderson, Jr., Ichthyopedia was published by the American Philosophical Society in 2023. The book contains about 1,500 biographical sketches of those who have added to our knowledge of the science of ichthyology, as well as 100 pages of references and 254 black and white portraits.

Ichthyopedia can be purchased from Diane Publishing Co. Eventually, an electronic version will be made available online.

Ichthyologists featured in above banners assembled by Ted Pietsch:
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Top (left to right): 1. Pierre Belon, 2. Anna Constantia Thynne, 3. Kiyomatsu Matsubara, 4. Laura Clark Hubbs, 5. Theodore Nicholas Gill, 6. Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, 7. Charles Tate Regan, 8. Jocelyn Crane.
Bottom (left to right): 9. Helen Thompson Gaige, 10. Peter Humphry Greenwood, 11. Rachel Carson, 12. Carl Leavitt Hubbs, 13. Grace Evelyn Pickford, 14. Charles Henry Gilbert, 15. Helen Irene Battle, 16. George Sprague Myers.
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Top (left to right): 1. Ulisse Aldrovandi, 2. Cornelia Maria Clapp, 3. Shigeho Tanaka, 4. Mary Henrietta Kingsley, 5. John Edwards Holbrook, 6. Erna Mohr, 7. Johann Ritter von Spix, 8. Jeanne Villepreux-Power
Bottom (left to right): 9. Mary Cynthia Dickerson, 10. Robert Karl Johnson, 11. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, 12. Albert Gotthilf Günther, 13. Margaret Gertrude Bradbury, 14. Jean Léopold Frédéric Cuvier, 15. Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, 16. Marinus Boeseman.
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Top (left to right): 1. Mary Anning, 2. Francis Willughby, 3. Louella E. Cable, 4. Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt, 5. Maria von Linden, 6. Rolf Ling Bolin, 7. Ida May Mellen, 8. Charles Richard Robins.
Bottom (left to right): 9. Keitarō Uchida, 10. Rosemary Helen Lowe-McConnell, 11. Daniel Morris Cohen, 12. Fang Fang Kullander, 13. John Edward Olney, 14. Kathleen Edithe Carpenter 15. Donn Eric Rosen, 16. Pearl Mitsu Sonoda.

Acknowledgments

We [Pietsch & Anderson] have been inspired by Kraig Adler’s efforts in producing his multi-volume set on the history of herpetology (Adler, 1989, 2007, 2012, 2014). David G. Smith provided us with citations for obituaries that have appeared in Copeia [now Ichthyology & Herpetology] and Tim M. Berra provided us with references. Special thanks go to Marie-Louise Bauchot, Jacques Daget, and Roland Bauchot (1997) for providing a wealth of biographical information on French ichthyologists; and to Brian Saunders whose book Discovery of Australia’s Fishes (2012) has been a most useful source of information. Others who provided information include Wyatt W. Anderson, Christopher B. Boyko, Peter Castro, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Bruce B. Collette, Oliver Crimmen, William N. Eschmeyer, Ronald Fricke, Christine Marie Gutherz,

Eric J. Hilton, Tomio Iwamoto, Glenna B. Kinard, J. Andrés López, William B. Ludt, Keiichi Matsuura, Alexei Orlov, Lynne R. Parenti, Richard L. Pyle, Helen Randall, Adela Y. Roa-Varón, Robert H. Robins, Norma Salcedo, W. Leo Smith, William F. Smith-Vaniz, Melanie L. J. Stiassny, and James D. Williams. We have made extensive use of Wikipedia and cited it where appropriate. Drafts of the manuscript were read by Eric J. Hilton, Lynne R. Parenti, David G. Smith, William F. Smith-Vaniz, and Lester D. Stephens. From among the latter, all of whom offered much-appreciated constructive feedback, we must single out David G. Smith for the huge effort he made to read every word and comment in exhaustive detail. Finally, we thank our wives, Diane M. Rubiano and Barbara S. Anderson, for their support and encouragement.