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The 800-page monograph has been downloaded almost 10,000 times since its release in September; by comparison, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists only lists 2400 members—and some of them study only amphibians and reptiles.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 8, 2023

Ichthyologists have long argued that jaws arose from an ancestor’s most forward gill arch.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

In 2020, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists changed the name of its journal on fish and amphibians, known until then as Copeia.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the American Fisheries Society have a committee that lists fish titles, including scientific names in Latin and long-accepted common names.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2022

Scarcely a season passes but one or more specimens of Browne's Canis carcharias, or, as modern Ichthyologists call it, Lamna cornubica, the Porbeagle, being entangled in the drift nets and landed with the herrings.

From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir