In addition to their many contributions to systematic ichthyology, Theodore W. Pietsch and William D. Anderson, Jr., have also been superb biological historians, publishing notable works on Renard (Pietsch, 1995), Artedi (Pietsch and Aili, 2022), Holbrook (Anderson and Stephens, 2002; Anderson, 2014), two annotated English editions of Cuvier’s Historical Portrait of the Progress of Ichthyology (Cuvier, 1995, 2020), and, together, a multi-authored volume on collection building (Pietsch and Anderson, 1997). Now they have collaborated to write Ichthyopedia: A Biographical Dictionary of Ichthyologists, with 1,417 (I counted) brief biographical sketches (promotional materials say “about 1,500”) of people who have contributed to ichthyology in one way or another, including scientists, explorers, collectors, amateur naturalists, aquarists, illustrators, anglers, conservationists, philanthropists, and Ancient Greek philosophers and poets. Even a librarian gets an entry (Alice Newman Hays, who compiled a bibliography of...

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