BLOCH & SCHNEIDER'S Systema Ichthyologiae,1801: History and Autorship of Fish Names. BLOCH & SCHNEIDERS Systema Ichthyologiae, 1801: Geschichte und Autorschaft der Fischnamen

Abstract

After the death of M. E. BLOCH in 1799, his voluminous manuscript of the Systema ichthyologiae was completed, finished and published by J. G. SCHNEIDER in 1801. In the present paper the history of the origin of that important work is given, the autorship of the new fish names is discussed and a translation of the informative introduction of that work, written by SCHNEIDER, is presented.

Snakeheads of Sri Lanka: A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review

“…In the description of Channa orientalis (the type species of the genus) by Bloch & Schneider in 1801, its type locality is given as "Habitat in India Orientale", which is in confusion with Sri Lankan endemic status of the species. According to literature, neither Bloch nor Schneider has visited Sri Lanka or India personally, and their work was based on about fifteen hundred specimens in a collection owned by M.E Bloch (Karrer et al, 1994). Bloch has received specimens from all over the world.…”

“…in Mendis and Fernando (1962) as 'Bloch' and in Jayaram (1999) as 'Schneider'. Karrer et al, (1994), reviewed the original work by Bloch and Schneider and suggested authorship for the taxon as "Bloch and Schneider 1801".…”

An annotated type catalogue of the scolecophidian, alethinophidian, and macrostomatan snakes in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

“…A second, smaller, syntype was in Bloch's collection. Although most of this collection came to the ZMB in 1810 via the Koniglich PreuBische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Karrer 1978;Karrer et al 1994), some specimens. perhaps including the smaller type of A .…”