ERRATA to Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fishes of the World. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 4th edition, 1st printing (Feb, 2006).
Page ‘xvi’, Chart on “Sequence of ….” For orders, the horizontal line erroneously connecting Pristiophoriformes (12.41) to Torpediniformes should go to left rather than to the right (to align the saw sharks with the shark lineage rather than with the ray lineage and in agreement with the text).
PS— the two charts in pages xvi & xvii, on the endcovers in the 3rd edition, give ordinal & family numbers [e.g., Perciformes (58.329-488)] and this can be a useful quick-jump guide to text.
Page ‘xvii’, “Sequence of ….” in “Certodontiformes (62.513-515)” the “a” is missing and it should read “Ceratodontiformes (62.513-515)”
And second entry from bottom, “Conorhynchiformes (28.98-101)” should read “Gonorynchiformes (28.98-101)” [i.e, change ‘C’ to “G” and delete first “h”—trying to correct one error in page proofs (deleting the “h”) resulted in two!]
Page 24, mid-page, under “Vertebrates”—“ … infraclass Vertebrata.” should read “… infraphylum Vertebrata.” in the following sentence-- “However, for the following classification, it could be recognized as the infraclass Vertebrata”. The category “infraphylum” falls between the categories subphylum and superclass. The sister taxon of the Vertebrata are the Myxinomorphi, ranked as a subclass, but it would also be ranked as an infraphylum.
Page 38, 6th line from bottom (under first figure), a “p” should be added to “Groenlandasididae” to give “Groenlandaspididae.”
Page 39, line 2 of last paragraph, “Grogan and Lund (1999)” should read “Grogan et al. (1999)”
Page 87, near top of page, the overview of the classification of Class Sarcopterygii is in error (what was presented was an overview of classification of 1994 edition). After the subclass Coelacanthimorpha, it should read (as presented on page 461, and users preferring a simpler system may refer only to the taxa with named ranks on pages 462-466):
Class Sarcopterygii
Subclass Coelacanthimorpha (Actinistia)
Subclass Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Unranked 1a. Onychodontida
Unranked 1b. Rhipidistia
includes lungfishes and tetrapods
Page 146, line 4, “INI” should replace “INAE” to give TRIBE ERIMYZONINI
Page 146, line 7, “INI” should replace “INAE” to give TRIBE THOBURNIINI.
Page 157, line 10. Instead of "monophyletic" it should read "monotypic" (i.e., 47 of the 88 genera are monotypic).
Page 181, an “id” should be added to “Family AUSTROGLANIDAE (154)” to give “Family AUSTROGLANIDIDAE (154)”, as given under Family CLAROTEIDAE (155), to conform with the literature (however, correctness of orthography has yet to be confirmed). Change also needed on page 474 and 545.
Page 181, under Family CLAROTEIDAE (155), line 3, “Bargidae” should be “Bagridae”.
Page 198, line 6, “INAE” should replace “IDAE” to give SUBFAMILY GALAXIINAE.
Page 198, line 12, “INI” should replace “INAE” to give TRIBE LOVETTIINI.
Page 198, line 19, “INI” should replace INAE” to give TRIBE APLOCHITONINI.
Page 199, line 1, “INI” should replace INAE” to give TRIBE GALAXIINI.
Page 220, lines 1-2. Six fossil genera are listed rather than the stated five. I had intended to place Parenchodus as a junior synonym of Enchodus and state: Five genera, Enchodus (synonym Parenchodus), Eurypholis, Palaeolycus, Rharbichthys, and Saurorhamphus. This follows Fielitz (2004) mentioned near bottom of page 219.
Page 237, line 10 from bottom, “Harold et al., 2003” should read “Harold and Johnson (2003)”.
Page 234, line 2, the last “s” should be deleted in“Massamorichthyss” to give “Massamorichthys.” Regarding line 1, the family is also represented in late Paleocene times (as noted for Lateopisciculus and Massamorichthys on page 400 in a 1999 paper by A. M. Murray and M. V. H. Wilson).
Page 240, line 4 from bottom, “INAE” should replace “IDAE” to give SUBFAMILY MACRURONINAE
Page 241, line 6, “INAE” should replace “IDAE” to give SUBFAMILY STEINDACHNERIINAE
Page 250, line 2, “T. amazonica”should be in italics.
Page 271, line 17, “posttemporoal” should be “posttemporal”.
Page 284, line 10, “Costa (2004)” should be “Costa (2004b)”
Page 284, line 20, as above, should be “Costa (1998a, 2004b)”
Page 285, line 3, “Costa (2004)” should be “Costa (2004b)”
Page 285, line 9 from bottom, as above, should be “Costa, 1998b, 2003, 2004b;”
Page 294, 6th line from bottom, a period goes after “marine” in the sentence “All species are marine”
Page 321, line 3 from bottom, “INI” should replace “INAE” to give TRIBE SEBASTINI.
Page 322, line 4, “INI” should replace “INAE” to give TRIBE SEBASTOLOBINI.
Page 330, line 5, “Winterbottom (1993a) provides” should read “R. Winterbottom in 1993 provided” (the reference is found in Nelson, 1994).
Page 336, line 16, “following four species” should read “following five species”.
Page 363, 7th line down, generic name of fossil “Trachincaranx “ should be “Trachicaranx ”. Also in error in Index, page 597, last entry.
Page 432, SUBFAMILY TRICHIURINAE (HAIRTAILS), of Family TRICHIURIDAE (474). For comment on species numbers see below under “Family TRICHIURIDAE (474).”
Page 460, line 9, “Axelia” should be in italics.
Page 461 (3) and page 466 (X3), Elipistostegalia, and page 466, Elipistostegidae, the first “i” should be deleted to give “Elpist .….”. The spelling of the generic name, Elpistostege, is correct.The index also has the erroneous spelling.
Page 497, the reference to “de Pinna (1998)” was omitted. It is:
de Pinna, M. C. C. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses, pp. 279-330. In L. R. Malabarba, R. E. Reis, R. P. Vari, Z. M. S. Lucena, and C. A. S.Lucena (Eds.), Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. EDIPUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Page 517, regarding the book by “Miller, R. R., W. L. Minckley, and S. M. Norris.” Although the book is dated (copyrighted) 2005, the first copies of the book were mailed from the publisher on 19 Jan 2006 (pers. comm., S. M. Norris). It should thus be dated “2006 (dated 2005)”.
Page 552, right column, half way down, change “Clupeacharax” to “Clupeacharax, 158”
Page 558, left column, below “Electrophorus, 187” add,
ELEGINOPIDAE, 401
Eleginops, 401
Page 567, left column, 7 lines down, change “HYSIDORIDAE, 165” to “HYPSIDORIDAE, 165”
Page 581, right column, below “Pataecus, 326” add,
Patagonian blennies, 401
Family TRICHIURIDAE (474), SUBFAMILY TRICHIURINAE (HAIRTAILS).
In Nelson (2006) I gave the composition as: “Three monotypic genera, Demissolinea, Lepturacanthus, and Trichiurus (e.g., Burhanuddin and Iwatsuki, 2003).” I should have recognized the work of Nakamura and Parin (1993) and stated:
“Three genera, Demissolinea (1), Lepturacanthus (2), and Trichiurus (3), with at least six species (e.g., Nakamura and Parin, 1993; Burhanuddin and Iwatsuki, 2003).”
However, in addition to species given in Nakamura and Parin (1993), one new species of Lepturacanthus (Chakraborty et al., 2006) and five additional species of Trichiurus (e.g., Chakraborty et al., 2005) are proposed, either through recognizing past subspecies as valid species, or the description of new species. This is a major change from the belief of Dennis Tucker in 1956 that all Trichiurus formed one variable species. Most species appear to be allopatric, with only T. lepturus being widespread, occurring essentially worldwide. New material will help determine if all species should continue to be recognized as valid.
Currently then, for the subfamily Trichiurinae, the numbers would be: “Three genera, Demissolinea (1), Lepturacanthus (3), and Trichiurus (about 8), with about 12 species (e.g., Nakamura and Parin, 1993; Burhanuddin and Iwatsuki, 2003; Chakraborty et al., 2005, 2006).” For the subfamily Lepidopodinae with 5 genera, the figure of 18 species should be about 12, based on Nakamura and Parin (1993). The family Trichiuridae should thus in the 2006 edition have been listed as with 10 genera and 36 species. As of April 2006, it would be 10 genera and about 42 species.
Many other groups have had increases in numbers of species recognized as valid following completion of the manuscript in late 2005 for Nelson (2006).
References:
Chakraborty, A., A. I. Burhanuddin, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2005. A new species of Trichiurus australis (Perciformes: Trichiuridae) from Australia. Ichthyol. Res. 52(2):165-170.
Chakraborty, A., M. J. P van Oijen, K. K. P. Lim, and Y. Iwatsuki. 2006. Lepturacanthus roelandti (Bleeker, 1860), a valid species of hairtail (Perciformes: Trichiuridae). Ichthyol. Res. 53(1):41-46.
Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin. 1993. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). FAO Fish. Synop. (125) Vol. 15: 136 pp.
Warning on bone names—please see mid-page xi of the Preface.
Warning on the future of ichthyological positions—Support the need to have ichthyological positions filled in museums and universities when ichthyologists retire. We and many of the species we study seem endangered. As stated on page 9, “Unfortunately, while there is a growing need for a young generation of taxonomists/systematists, there are concerns that this need will not be met unless there are changes in government and public support for future positions.” The need is serious! It would be our error and societies loss if this need left unattended. |
Joseph S. Nelson. 4 June 2006 |