Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, and J.D. Williams. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 6th ed., American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 29, Bethesda, Maryland. 386 pp. There is a discount for AFS & ASIH members.
http://www.fisheries.org/html/publications/catbooks/x51029.shtml

Key Taxonomic Bases

Eschmeyer, W. N. (Ed.). 1998. Catalog of fishes. Special Publication 1, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Volume 1:1–958, Volume 2:959–1820, Volume 3:1821–2905. [Online access (current): http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/]

Froese, R., and D. Pauly. 2003. (Eds.). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication  (current) www.fishbase.org or http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/search.php.

These are a few of the many fish Societies that are open to people
(apparently fish need not apply.)

The American Elasmobranch Society (AES) — http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Organizations/aes/aes.htm

American Fisheries Society (AFS) — http://www.fisheries.org/html/index.shtml

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.(ASIH and publisher of Copeia) — http://www.asih.org/

Société francoise d'Ichtyologie (publisher of Cybium)— http://www.mnhn.fr/sfi/cybium

The Ichthyological Society of Japan (ISJ and publisher of Ichthyol. Res.) — http://www.fish-isj.jp/index-e.html

Also — Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and European Congress of Ichthyology.

Joe Nelson’s webpage--  http://www1.biology.ualberta.ca/nelson.hp/nelson.html
Mark Wilson’s webpage (excellent for fossil fishes) — http://www2.biology.ualberta.ca/wilson.hp/mvhw/
And including the Mesozoic Fishes page— http://www2.biology.ualberta.ca/wilson.hp/mesofish

Joseph S. Nelson. 22 Feb 2006