Pierre Carbonnier, was a French scientist, ichthyologist, fish breeder and public Aquarium director. Member of Imperial Society of acclimatization.
Pierre Carbonier (center) with ichthyologists Nikolai Zolotnitsky and Andrey Meshcherskiy
Paradise fish male
siamese fighting fish
Dwarf gourami
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October 2016, with approximately 250 new species described each year.
Fish represent approximately 8% of all figurative depictions on Mimbres pottery.
Frontispiece from Ichthyologia, sive Opera Omnia de Piscibus by Peter Artedi
Image: Male whale shark at Georgia Aquarium
Image: Paedocypris progenetica 001