Theodore Nicholas Gill

Theodore Nicholas Gill (March 21, 1837 – September 25, 1914), U.S. ichthyologist, mammologist and malacologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

282 taxon names authored by Theodore Nicholas Gill

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1858

Gill, T.N. 1858. Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad, W. I. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6(nos 10–13, art. 38): 363–430. BHL Reference page.

1859

Gill, T.N. 1859. Notes on a collection of Japanese fishes, made by Dr. J. Morrow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 144–150. BHL Reference page.

1860

Gill, T.N. 1860. Conspectus piscium in expeditione ad oceanum Pacificum septentrionalem, C. Ringold et J. Rodgers ducibus, a Gulielmo Stimpson collectorum. Sicydianae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 100–102.BHL Reference page.

1861

Gill, T.N., 1861: Description of a new species of the genus Anableps of Gronovius. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13: 3–6. Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1861. On several new generic types of fishes contained in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 77–78. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T. N., 1861: Catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of North America, from Greenland to Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 13 (Suppl.): 1–63. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1861. On the classification of the Eventognathi or Cyprini, a suborder of Teleocephali. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 6–9. BHL Reference page.

1862

Gill, T.N. 1862. On the limits and arrangement of the family of scombroids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 124–127. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1862. On the West African genus Hemichromis and descriptions of new species in the museums of the Academy and Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 134–139 Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1862. Analytical synopsis of the order of Squali; and revision of the nomenclature of the genera. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(32): 367*–370*, 371-408. [Pp. 367–370 duplicated in preceding article. Read 16 Dec. 1861, probably published early 1862. Genera date to this article, also treated on pp.409–413. Both articles combined as separate, pp. 1–47p] From Catalog of Fishes. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1862.tb00166.x Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1862. Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14: 235–242. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T. N. 1862. Notice of a collection of the fishes of California presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Mr. Samuel Hubbard. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 274–282. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T. N. 1862. Note on some genera of fishes of western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 329–332. BHL Reference page.

1863

Gill, T.N. 1863. Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15: 162–174. BHL Reference page.

1864

Gill, T.N. 1864. Note on the paralepidoids and microstomatoids, and on some peculiarities of Arctic ichthyology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16(4): 187–189. BHL Reference page.

1866

Gill, T. 1866. Prodrome of a monograph of the Pinnipedes. Proceedings of the Essex Institute: Communications 5: 3–13. BHL Reference page.

1871

Gill, T. 1871. Arrangement of the families of Mollusks. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 10 (227): i–xvi, 1–49. BHL Reference page.

1872

Gill, T. 1872. Arrangement of the families of mammals. With analytical tables. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 230: i–vi, 1–98. BHL Reference page.

1874

Gill, T. 1874. The number of classes of vertebrates, and their mutual relations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 13(73): 71–73. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408562439 . BHL Reference page.

1877

Gill, T. 1877. Vertebrate Zoology. Pp. clxvi–clxxiv in Baird, S.F. (ed.) Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1876. Harper & Brothers, Publishers: New York. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T.N. & Bransford, J.F. 1877. Synopsis of the fishes of Lake Nicaragua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 29: 175–191. BHL Reference page.

1878

Gill, T.N. 1878. [Account of Myxocyprinus.] In: Johnson's Cyclopaedia. [Account of Myxocyprinus.] 1574. [also Gill in Jordan 1878: 217.]

1880

Gill, T.N. 1880. On the identity of the genus Leurynnis, Lockington, with Lycodopsis, Collett. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3 (no. 139): 247–248.

1881

Gill, T.N. 1881. Pleuronectids without pectorals. Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1880: 372.
Gill, T.N. 1881. A deep–sea rock–fish. Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1880: 373.

1883

Gill, T.N. 1883. Supplementary note on the Pediculati. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 5 (316): 551–556.
Gill, T.N. 1883. Deep–sea fishing fishes. Forest and Stream Nov. 8, 1883: 284.
Gill, T.N. 1883. Diagnosis of new genera and species of deep–sea fish–like vertebrates. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6 (380): 253–260. [Also as a separate, Washington (1884).]
Gill, T.N. 1883. Note on the petromyzontids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 5 (no. 310): 521–525.

1884

Gill, T.N. 1884. On the Anacanthine Fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 36: 167–183. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1884. Synopsis of the genera of the superfamily Teuthidoidea (families Teuthididae and Siganidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7 (435): 275–281.
Gill, T.N. 1884. Synopsis of the plectognath fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 7 (448): 411–427. Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1884. Three new families of fishes added to the deep–sea fauna in a year. The American Naturalist 18 (4): 433.
Gill, T.N. 1884. On the mutual relations of the hemibranchiate fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 36: 154–166.

1885

Gill, T.N. 1885. Sub–class II. Teleostei. In: J.S. Kingsley (ed.). The standard natural history. Vol. III. Lower vertebrates. S.E. Cassino and Company, Boston. The standard natural history. Vol. III.: 98–298. [Published again in 1888 as The Riverside Natural History.]

1888

Gill, T.N. 1888. Note on the genus Dipterodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11 (684): 67–68.
Gill, T.N. 1888. The primary groups of mail–cheeked fishes. The American Naturalist 22: 356–358.

1889

Gill, T.N. 1889. Hexagrammus, p. 2189. In: The Century Dictionary. An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. The Century Co., New York. 3.
Gill, T.N. 1889. On the Psychrolutidae of Günther. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11 (717): 321–327, Pl. 41.
Gill, T.N. 1889. On the classification of the mail–cheeked fishes.3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11 (756): 567–592.
Gill, T.N. 1889. Gleanings among the pleuronectids, and observations on the name Pleuronectes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11 (757): 593–606.

1890

Gill, T.N. 1890. Osteological characteristics of the family Muraenesocidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13 (815): 231–234.
Gill, T.N. 1890. Salangidae. Century Dictionary 5: 5310.

1891

Gill, T.N. 1891. On the relations of Cyclopteroidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13: 361–376, Pls. 28–30.
Gill, T.N. 1891. On Eleginus of Fischer, otherwise called Tilesia or Pleurogadus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14 (853): 303–305.
Gill, T.N. 1891. On the genera Labrichthys and Pseudolabrus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14 (861): 395–404.

1893

Gill, T.N. 1893. A comparison of antipodal faunas. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 6 (mem. 5): 91–124.
Gill, T.N. 1893. Families and subfamilies of fishes. Memoirs of the National Academy of Science, 6(6): 127–138. BHL Reference page.

1894

Gill, T.N. 1894. On the relations and nomenclature of Stizostedion or Lucioperca. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 17 (993): 123–128.
Gill, T.N. 1894. The Erilepidinae. Science 23(573): 52. BHL.
Gill, T.N. 1894. An Australasian sub–family of fresh–water atherinoid fishes. The American Naturalist 28 (322): 708–709.

1895

Gill, T.N. 1895. The genera of Branchiostomidae. The American Naturalist 29 (341): 457–459.
Gill, T.N. 1895. The genus Leptophidium. The American Naturalist 29 (338): 167–168.

1896

Gill, T.N. 1896. The differential characters of the syngnathid and hippocampid fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1049): 153–159.
Gill, T.N. 1896. Lipophrys a substitute for Pholis. The American Naturalist 30: 498.
Gill, T.N. 1896. The differential characters of characinoid and erythrinoid fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1056): 205–209.
Gill, T.N. 1896. Note on the fishes of the genus Characinus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1058): 213–215.
Gill, T.N. 1896. On the application of the name Teuthis to a genus of fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1052): 179–189.
Gill, T.N. 1896. Notes on characinoid fishes with ctenoid scales, with a description of a new Psectrogaster. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (no. 1055): 199–203.
Gill, T.N. 1896. The families of synentognathous fishes and their nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1051): 167–178.
Gill, T.N. 1896. Notes on Orectolobus or Crossorhinus, a genus of sharks. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18 (1057): 211–212.

1898

Gill, T.N. 1898. Report in part of Samuel L. Mitchill, M.D., Professor of natural history, etc., on the fishes of New York. Edited by Theodore Gill. Washington: "printed for the editor, 1898." [Contains an analysis and reproduction of the original rare Mitchill 1814.]. i–x + 1–30.

1901

Gill, T.N. 1901. The proper names of Bdellostoma or Heptatrema. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23 (1234): 735–738.

1903

Gill, T.N. 1903. Note on the fish genera named Macrodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1349): 1015–1016. BHL Reference page.
Gill, T.N. 1903. On some fish genera of the first edition of Cuvier's Règne Animal and Oken's names. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26 (1346): 965–967.
Gill, T.N. 1903. On some neglected genera of fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26 (1344): 959–962.

1904

Gill, T.N. 1904. Labracinus the proper name for the fish genus Cichlops. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28 (1384): 119.

1905

Gill, T.N. 1905. The scorpaenoid fish, Neosebastes entaxis, as the type of a distinct genus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28 (1393): 219–220.
Gill, T.N. 1905. Note on the genera of synanceine and pelorine fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28 (1394): 221–225.
Gill, T.N. 1905. On the generic characteristics of Prionotus stearnsii. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28 (1396): 339–342.
Gill, T.N. 1905. A new anarrhichadoid fish. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18: 251.
Gill, T.N. & Smith, H.M. 1905. A new family of jugular acanthopterygians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18: 249–250. Biostor Reference page.

1911

Gill, T.N. 1911. Notes on the structure and habits of the wolffishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39 (1782): 157–187, Pls. 17–28.

References

Dall, W.H. 1916. Biographical memoir of Theodore Nicholas Gill 1837–1914. Biographical Memoirs 8: 313–343. PDF. (includes bibliography)