Ichthyology century, Marcus Elieser Bloch of Berlin and Georges Cuvier of Paris made attempts to consolidate the knowledge of ichthyology. Cuvier summarized all of the available information in his monumental "Histoire Naturelle des Poissons". This manuscript was published between 1828 and 1849 in a 22 volume series. This documental describes 4,514 species of fish, 2,311 of these new to science. It remains one of the most ambitious treatises of the modern world. Scientific exploration of the Americas advanced our knowledge of the remarkable diversity of fish. Charles Alexandre Lesueur was a student of Cuvier. He made a cabinet of fish dwelling
Journal of Applied Ichthyology Journal of Applied Ichthyology The Journal of Applied Ichthyology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on ichthyology, marine biology, and oceanography published by Wiley-Blackwell. It is the official journal of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society and of the Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Kommission für Meeresforschung ("German Scientific Commission for the Exploration of the Sea"). The editors-in-chief are Harald Rosenthal and Dietrich Schnack. The "Journal of Applied Ichthyology" was established as a separate journal in 1985, but merged with the "Archive of Fishery and Marine Research" in 2005. The latter journal had been established as "Berichte der Deutschen Wissenschaftlichen Kommission für Meeresforschung", published from