History Ichthyology

he history of ichthyology sends us into the depths of centuries. In fact, it coincides with the zoology, which began with Aristotle in about 384-322 BC. Aristotle himself had a fairly precise knowledge of the general structures of fish. In fact, he correctly distinguish them from the aquatic mammals and other marine life. |

The information which he wrote was very accurate. His only obvious mistake that he used the local names, collected from the fishermen, and they have changed from generation to generation. As a result, he gathered information on 115 species living in the Aegean Sea. During approximately the next 1800 years, those who followed Aristotle, were satisfied kopirovatniem his studies with the addition of their own stories.

The first real work and observations began in about 1517-1575 with a man named Pierr Belon and some others. His observation of fish and written reports were almost entirely restricted to species of the Mediterranean Sea. In 1628, John Ray and Francis Villobay made the first real attempt to reconcile things, arranging animals in groups on the basis of their structure. The most important curious letters were sent early ichthyologist Peter Artedi 1705-1735. This - the man known as the father of Ichthyology. . His paper, published after his death in 1778 were named Ichthyology Artedi.