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The Nomenclatural Enigma of Single versus Double ‐i Endings for Scientific Patronyms Emended to Represent a Man's Name: A Comment and Some Considerations
Author(s) -
Jennings Mark R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8446(1982)007<0009:tneosv>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - confusion , nomenclature , commission , law , biology , political science , zoology , psychology , taxonomy (biology) , psychoanalysis
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.