Reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.
The taxonomy maintained by the Catalog of Fishes is considered authoritative and it is used as a baseline reference for instance by the broader global fish database FishBase,[1][2] which involves cross-references to the Catalog's information for all accepted taxa. As of 2015,[update] the searchable catalogue contains entries for about 58,300 fish species names, about 33,400 of which are currently accepted (valid), and for some 10,600 genera (5,100 valid).[3][4] The information given for any species name generally contains the reference to the original description, to the type specimen, references to the usage of the name in taxonomic literature, a statement of the current status of the name and valid name of the taxon, and the family it belongs to.
A printed 3000-page three-volume and CD version of the Catalogue was published in 1998. That was preceded by a Catalog of the genera of recent fishes in 1990.[5]
The Catalog was renamed Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes in 2019, and is now edited by Ronald Fricke, Richard van der Laan and William N. Eschmeyer. It is available online, and updated monthly.
^FishBase Catalogue of Life, ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (15 Feb 2015)
^Bailly, N. (2010) Why there may be discrepancies in the assessment of scientific names between the Catalog of Fishes and FishBase FishBase
^Eschmeyer WN, Fong JD (2015) Species by family/subfamily in the Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences (15 Feb 2015)
^Biodiversity Information Projects of the World: Catalog of Fishes. Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) project.
^Rainer Froese: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Archived 2022-01-07 at the Wayback Machine FishBase (15 Feb 2015)
the World, Fishbase and CatalogofFishes do not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae but many workers on these fishes do recognise subfamilies...
Synanceiinae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 April 2022. Smith, M.M.; Heemstra, P.C., eds. (2003). Smiths' Sea Fishes. ISBN 1-86872-890-0...
Reproduction of molecular phylogeny of Cobitoidea from Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009, with common names following Eschmeyer's CatalogofFishes. Among loaches...
fishes, and early sharks, earning the Devonian the epithet "the age offishes". Fishes are a paraphyletic group, since any clade containing all fish,...
Lophius". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 March 2024. Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishesof the World...
family Malacanthidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2021. "Malacanthida". Mexican Fish. Tilefish family photographs...
Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bramidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2020. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb...
"Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishesof the World (5th ed.)....
Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bovichtidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2021. Eschmeyer, William...
Carangidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2019. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Trachinotus...
is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family, Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found off the coasts of North and...
in FishBase. August 2019 version. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oligoplites". Catalogof Fishes...
edition ofFishesof the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes. CatalogofFishes mentions...
GenBank, the IUCN Red List and the CatalogofFishes. As of February 2024[update], FishBase included descriptions of 35,600 species and subspecies, with...
Haemulidae is a family offishes in the order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. It is made up of the two subfamilies Haemulinae (grunters) and Plectorhynchinae...
Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Mullidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020. Uiblein, F. (2007) Goatfishes...
Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labrus doliatus". CatalogofFishes. California...
Kuhliidae". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 April 2020. Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert (2003). "lookup of āhole". on Hawaiian...
Cilus". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2023. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishesof the World...
still included as a highly aberrant member of Cichlasoma by FishBase, other authorities such as CatalogofFishes have moved it to the genus Amphilophus....
Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Ambloplites". CatalogofFishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 May 2020. Eschmeyer, William N.;...
(July 31, 2017). "Species by family/subfamily in the CatalogofFishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2021-10-02. Keiichi, Matsura & Tyler...
species in this genus are placed in the genus Lycodes by FishBase but CatalogofFishes recognises this as a valid genus. There are currently 4 recognized...
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