Ichthyology Ichthyology Ichthyology (from Greek: ἰχθύς, "ikhthys", "fish"; and λόγος, "logos", "study"), also known as fish science, is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). While a large number of species have been discovered, approximately 250 new species are officially described by science each year. According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described by October 2016. The study of fish dates from the Upper Paleolithic Revolution (with the advent of "high culture"). The science of ichthyology was developed in several interconnecting epochs, each with
The Gothenburg Study of Children with DAMP conclusion which does not need strengthening by what could have been found in the destroyed research material". (Another problem is the boy:girl ratios in the study; the ratio in the control group is 1:1, whereas the ratio in the index groups is 4:1.) The major Swedish newspapers have had tens of stories on the controversy: Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Göteborgs-Posten, etc. There was also a one-hour program about DAMP on Swedish TV that discussed the controversy over Gillberg's Gothenburg study at length. In Norway, the newspaper Dagsavisen ran a series of critical stories. The Gothenburg Study of Children with DAMP