NAMES OF FISHES 



classes, orders, families, genera, and species. 

 Each species is entered only under its spe- 

 cific name. For example, the bluegill may 

 be located under "macrochirus, Lepomis" 

 but not under Lepomis niacrochirus, al- 

 though an entry for Lepomis directs the 

 reader to the proper page. Scientific names 

 that are not accepted in this list are excluded 

 except for those that appeared in the first 

 edition and have since been placed in 

 synonymy. 



Acknowledgments 



Many persons have contributed to the 

 preparation of this report. In addition to the 

 present Committee, these include authors of 

 the first edition, Walter A. Chute, W. A 

 Clemens, John R. Dymond, the late Samuel 

 F. Hildebrand, George S. Myers, and Leon- 

 ard P. Schultz, and others who served during 

 the interim between the two editions, Charles 

 M. Breder, Ralph Hile, Raymond E. John- 

 son, Frank T. Eaiapp, John C. Marr, Ed- 

 ward C. Raney, William E. Ricker, and 

 Royal D. Suttkus. Specialists have been 

 most generous in their assistance, which is 

 much appreciated. Among the many, a few 

 may be mentioned for their especial helpful- 

 ness: Frederick H. Berry, James E. Bohlke, 

 John C. Briggs, Homer Circle, Daniel M. 



Cohen, John E. Fitch, W. I. Follett, Earl 

 S. Herald, Carl L. Hubbs, Clark Hubbs, 

 William A. Kennedy, A. H. Leim, Gordon 

 F. Luce, Jr., William R. Martin, Robert R. 

 Miller, George A. Moore, C. Lavett Smith, 

 William R. Taylor, Boyd W. Walker, 

 Vladimir Walters, and Norman J. \Yi\i- 

 movsky. 



In 1951 the American Fisheries Society 

 approved a plan whereby the Committee on 

 Names of Fishes of that Society would 

 serve jointly as a Committee on Common 

 Names of Fishes in the American Society of 

 Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The pres- 

 ident of the ASIH formally appointed the 

 Committee. Since that time this arrange- 

 ment has worked smoothly. All personnel 

 on the Committee are members of both 

 societies and the formulation of this list, it 

 is believed, serves common interests. An- 

 nual meetings of the ASIH have provided a 

 convenient opportunity to assemble the joint 

 committee to attack problems in the prepa- 

 ration of this list. The plan is mutually ad- 

 vantageous, and we hope it may continue. 



We gratefully acknowledge financial as- 

 sistance in the publication of this list pro- 

 vided by the National Science Foundation. 

 (NSF-G 12424). 



