The nomenclatural enigma of single versus double -i endings for scientific patronyms emended to represent a man's name: A comment and some considerations
Fisheries
By: M.R. Jennings
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Abstract
The current inconsistency over the use of single vs. double -i endings for singular masculine scientific patronyms in official lists of scientific names of fishes causes needless confusion and labor. Taxonomists once preferred rules for Latinization calling for double -i endings, but current rules suggest single -i endings. Recent rulings by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature make it impossible to produce uniformity in this area. It is suggested that the Committee on Names of Fishes submit a petition to the Commission that modifies the present rules to allow the use of single -i endings in most cases and thus conform with current literature and the opinions of most ichthyologists.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The nomenclatural enigma of single versus double -i endings for scientific patronyms emended to represent a man's name: A comment and some considerations |
| Series title | Fisheries |
| DOI | 10.1577/1548-8446(1982)007<0009:TNEOSV>2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 9 |
| Last page | 10 |