BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Subjoined is a synopsis of the great standard works of descriptive ichthyology, 

 which will give information as to the extent, price, etc., of the works in question, 

 and also some idea respecting the classifications adopted hy their authors. The 

 information may be considered as a response to inquiries often made respecting such 

 subjects. 



The work of Cuvier and Valenciennes was never completed, and. as will be per- 

 ceived from the enumeration of contents, included only the Acanthopterygian and 

 Physostome Teleosts, and incidentally the Amioids whose relations were not recog- 

 nized by Valenciennes. Cuvier only contributed the introduction and monographs 

 of families to the first ten volumes, his death having taken place in the year 1S32. 

 Valenciennes only is responsible for the rest of the work. 



The work of Dumeril may be considered as a complement to that of Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes. The death of the author has arrested the further progress of the 

 work. 



The work of Dr. Giinther is the only complete repertory of the species of fishes 

 published, and, from its cheapness, the most available ; it is also subsequent to both 

 the preceding, and therefore in a certain degree supersedes them. No general index 

 has been published yet, but one is promised in connection with an appendix bringing 

 the subject up to date, if circumstances permit. 



In order, further, to give some idea of the progress of Ichthyology, the titles are 

 given of all the compilations professing to describe the species of fishes known at the 

 periods of their respective publication. These compilations are valuable, however, 

 only to the historian of Ichthyology, and are worse than useless to any except an 

 expert in the science. 



1738. 

 ARTEDI (Peter). Petri Artedi Sueci, Medici, Ichthyologia sive opera omnia 

 de Piscibus scilicet: Bibliotheca Ichthyologica. Philosophia Ichthyologica. 

 Genera Piscium. Synonymia Piscium. Descriptiones Specierum — Omnia in 

 hoc opere perfectiora, quam antea ulla. Posthuma Vindicavit, Recognovit, 

 Coaptavit et Edidit Carolus Linnaeus, Med. Doct. & Ac. Imper. N. C. — Lugduni 

 Batavorum, Apud Conradum Wishoff. 1738. [8vo., five parts, viz : — 

 [v. 1.] Petri Artedi Angermannia-Sueci Bibliotheca Ichthyologica su Historia 

 Litteraria Ichthyologiae in qua Recensio fit Auctorum, qui de Piscibus scrip- 

 sere, librorum titulis, loco Sf editionis tempore, additis judiciis, quid qui vis 

 Auctor praestiterit, quali method et successu scripserit, disposita secundum 

 saccula in quibus quisquis auctor floruit. Icthyologiae Pars I. — Lugdunum 

 Batavorum, Apud Conradum Wishoff. 1738. [iv, 66, 2 pp.] 



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