What Does Paleoichthyology Mean?

I am a paleoichthyologist, meaning that I am a paleontologist who specializes in fishes. ... I focus on changes and trends in the morphology among several different groups of ray-finned fishes, and how these fishes evolved to exploit novel ecological niches at a turbulent time in Earth's history.

What is a fish scientist called?

Return to Career Gallery. Description. Ichthyology is the branch of biology devoted to the study of fishes. Scientists have described over 32,000 living fish species.

What do ichthyologists study?

Ichthyology, scientific study of fishes, including, as is usual with a science that is concerned with a large group of organisms, a number of specialized subdisciplines: e.g., taxonomy, anatomy (or morphology), behavioral science (ethology), ecology, and physiology.