From SBRAUN@mail.indyzoo.com Mon Mar 9 08:40:00 1998 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id IAA16038 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:39:55 -0800 Received: from 205.160.203.39 (izgw.in.net [205.160.203.39]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with SMTP id IAA02851 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 08:39:52 -0800 Received: from mail.indyzoo.com (205.161.192.65) by www.indyzoo.com (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.81) with SMTP id ; Mon, 09 Mar 1998 11:42:44 -0500 Received: from ZOOLAN1/MERCURY by mail.indyzoo.com (Mercury 1.21); 9 Mar 98 11:39:56 +1100 Received: from MERCURY by ZOOLAN1 (Mercury 1.21); 9 Mar 98 11:39:28 +1100 From: "Suzanne Braun" To: nhc@u.washington.edu Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:39:24 EST Subject: Re: Catalog of Fishes - prepublication offer X-pmrqc: 1 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-ID: Anne, I am the editor of Library News for Zoos and Aquariums which is a publication of the American Library Association's Librarians Special Interest Group. May I have permission to reprint the information contained in this e-mail in the April edition of Library News for Zoos and Aquariums? > Date sent: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:44:49 -0800 (PST) > Send reply to: nhc@u.washington.edu > From: Anne Marie Malley > To: "SLA Natural History Caucus" > Subject: Catalog of Fishes - prepublication offer > > Catalog of Fishes > Pre-publication Offer (Good until 15 March 1998 for individuals and > institutions) > Prices per set (3 volumes + CD-ROM) (prepaid orders only): > > USA (except CA), including shipping $125.00 > California (Includes tax and shipping) $135.20 > Foreign (including Canada and Mexico), surface shipping $145.00 > > CONTENTS: > Introduction > Acknowledgments > Museum Acronyms > Glossary > Part I. The Species of Fishes > (William N. Eschmeyer, Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., Mysi Dang Hoang, and > Douglas J. Long) > Part II. Species in a Classification > (William N. Eschmeyer) > Part III. The Genera of Fishes > (William N. Eschmeyer, with assistance from Reeve M. Bailey) > Part IV. Genera in a Classification > (William N. Eschmeyer) > Part V. Literature Cited > (William N. Eschmeyer, Mysi Dang Hoang, Carl J. Ferraris, Jr. and > Douglas J. Long) > Appendix A. Species and Genera of Fishes and the International Code of Zoological > Nomenclature > (William N. Eschmeyer) > Appendix B. Opinions and Other Actions of the International Commission Involving > Fishes > (William N. Eschmeyer, Barbara Weitbrecht, and William F. Smigh-Vaniz) > > DESCRIPTION: > The Catalog of Fishes covers more than 53,000 species and subspecies, over > 10,000 genera and subgenera, and includes in excess of 16,000 bibliographic > references. Entries for species, for example, consist of species/subspecies > name, genus, author, date, publication, pages, figures, type locality, > location of type specimen(s), current status (with references), > family/subfamily, and important publication, taxonomic, or nomenclatural > notes. Nearly all original descriptions have been examined, and much > effort has gone into determining the location of type specimens. > > The Catalog of the Genera are updated from Eschmeyer's 1990 Genera of Recent > Fishes. Both genera and species are listed in a classification using recent > taxonomic schemes. Also included are a lengthy list of museum acronyms, an > interpretation of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and > Opinions of the International Commission involving fishes. > > The Catalog of Fishes consists of three hardbound volumes of 900-1000 pages > each, along with a CD-ROM (not sold separately). This work is an essential > reference for taxonomists, scientific historians, and for any specialist > dealing with fishes. > > An earlier online version can be examined by looking at: > http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology > > Please complete the following: > > Name: > ____________________________________________________________________ > E-Mail: > ____________________________________________________________________ > Mailing Address: > ____________________________________________________________________ > Telephone: > ____________________________________________________________________ > Fax: > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Please send me _______ sets. > Total amount of this order $______________ > > _____enclosed is my check (drawn in US $ only) payable to the California > Academy of Sciences > > ____ please charge my > ___ Visa, > ___ MasterCard or > ___ American Express > > Card #:_______________________________ > Expiration Date:_______________________ > > Name on Card:_________________________________ > Signature:______________________________________ > > Mail or fax order to: > Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, > San Francisco, CA 94118, USA > > Inquiries: > Tel. (415) 750-7047 > Fax. (415) 750-7148 > Email: mhoang@calacademy.org > > > > > Suzanne K. Braun Manager of Library Services Indianapolis Zoo 1200 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, Indiana 46222 Phone: 317-630-5110 Fax: 317-630-5114 Internet: sbraun@mail.indyzoo.com .