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History of Ichthyology

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15702/
 
Title History of Ichthyology
 
Creator Vishnupriya, K M
Nair, Rekha J
Sangeetha, A T
 
Subject Fish and Fisheries
 
Description Ichthyology is simply the science of studying
fishes. Ichthyology- word ichthy, deriving from
the Greek word ixthu, combining form
of ixthus, meaning "fish". This includes bony
fish, cartilaginous fish and jawless fish.
Historically, ichthyologists were naturalists who
described fishes they collected.
Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates,
with more than one-half of the total vertebrate
species. Approximately 33000 living species of
fishes were described so far. Now, Ichthyology
is considered to be the study of fish populations,
their habitat requirements, and fisheries
resources.Ichthyology originated near the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period, about
forty thousand years ago, and continues to the present day. Fishes would be just as diverse and
successful without ichthyologists studying them, but what we know about their diversity is the
product of the efforts of workers worldwide over several centuries
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15702/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Rekha%20J%20Nair_Ichthyology.pdf
Vishnupriya, K M and Nair, Rekha J and Sangeetha, A T (2022) History of Ichthyology. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 12-22.