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A Tribute to Joseph Schieser Nelson, 1937–2011

ALISON M. M URRAY 1, M ICHAEL G. S ULLIVAN 2, and JOHN ACORN 3

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9 Canada; email: ammurray@ualberta .ca 2 and Wildlife Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 4P2 Canada; email: michael [email protected] 3 Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H1 Canada; email: [email protected]

Murray, Alison M., Michael G. Sullivan, and John Acorn. 2011. A tribute to Joseph Schieser Nelson, 1937–2011. Canadian Field-Naturalist 125(4): 373-380.

FIGURE 1. Joseph S. Nelson in the fish collection of the University of Alberta Museum of Zoology, circa 2008. Photo: Emma Gilbertson.

“Tiger Joe,” who died 13 August 2011, was one heck grew up surrounded by the outdoors, in a place rich of a fine fellow. Joseph Schieser Nelson (Figure 1) with fish-filled lakes. Later, in his high school years was born 12 April 1937 in San Francisco, California, in Vancouver, Joe also kept himself surrounded by his parents’ third child, 10 and 13 years younger than fishes as an aquarist. his brothers. Eight months later, Joe’s father, a mining Despite a passionate interest in astronomy, Joe turned engineer, moved the family to Allenby, near Copper to ichthyology at the University of British Columbia, Mountain in the Thompson Okanagan region of British where he was influenced by many well-known, or soon- Columbia—a move from the 12th largest city in the to-be-well-known, names such as Cas Lindsey and Don United States, with more than 600 000 people at the McPhail. He completed an honour’s thesis there, in time, to a small town with only 68 homes. Thus, Joe 1960, on Kokanee Salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ).

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From Vancouver, Joe ventured to the other side of the tor, and Joe also enhanced the diversity of fish repre - Rockies, and he spent the next two years at the Uni - sented, providing many additional taxa for ichthyology versity of Alberta, in Edmonton, pursuing an M.Sc. students to learn. degree under the supervision of J. Ralph Nursall. Joe To most people, Joe was best known as the author returned to Vancouver in 1962 and began his Ph.D. of of the World and as the co-author (with with Cas Lindsey. For his dissertation, he examined Martin Paetz) of The Fishes of Alberta . Both of these hybridization between two sucker . books are classics in their fields, and both have won Joe built an ungainly hatchery near Prince George to high praise from biologists. Joe participated fully in rear the offspring of his artificially hybridized fish. His the ichthyological community with memberships in supervisor thought privately that the gangling contrap - many organizations, including the American Elasmo - tion would never work, but he was wrong. In fact, it branch Society, American Fisheries Society, Ameri - worked beautifully! can Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (and During this time, Joe also met his future wife, Clau - Chairman of the associated Names of Fishes Commit - dine, whom he married on 31 August 1963; they were tee), Canadian Society of Zoologists, Canadian Society married for nearly 48 years. Joe is survived by Claudine of Environmental Biologists, Canadian Society for and their four children—Brenda (Mark Brown), Janice Ecology and Evolution, Federation of Alberta Natural - (David Kelly), Mark, and Karen (Rob Baron)—and ists, Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, European Ichthy - four grandchildren—Anna Nicholls, Kaitlind Kelly, ological Union, Ichthyological Society of Japan, So - and twins Zaria and Zephran Kelly. Joe was a devoted ciété Française d’Ichtyologie, Society of Systematic and loving husband to Claudine and a superb father Biologists, and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. to his children. They always speak glowingly of him, He also was on the editorial board of Fish and Fish - especially of their experiences in the field with their eries and was part of the International Commission father when they were kids. In his later years, meeting on Zoological Nomenclature for many years. He also Joe in the hallway inevitably led to a recent story about served on the Committee on the Status of Endangered his grandchildren. Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) from 1981 until 2007 , After his doctoral studies, Joe briefly returned to first as a member of the Fish and Marine Mammals the United States as a Research Associate at Indiana Subcommittee and then, after the subcommittees were University, where he became Assistant Director of the reorganized, on the Freshwater Fishes Subcommittee. Indiana University Biological Stations. During this In recognition of his contributions to the study of sojourn in the south, Joe began his work on fishes, Joe was the recipient of many awards, some of fishes, investigating Ninespine ( Pungi - which were the Fry Medal (Canadian Society of Zool - tius ) in the Missouri River drainage. His ogists, 2010), Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award interest in the Gasterosteidae continued throughout and the Robert K. Johnson Award (2002 and 2010, his life, and his last submitted paper was on variation respectively, American Society of Ichthyologists and in ( Culaea inconstans ) populations Herpetologists), and the Distinguished Service Award in Astotin Lake, Alberta. In all, Joe published over (as chair of the Names of Fishes Committee) and the 120 scholarly articles (listed below). William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award (2000 Joe returned to the University of Alberta in 1968 as and 2011, respectively, American Fisheries Society). an Assistant Professor, and he remained there for the During his career, Joe named 20 species and one duration of his career, progressing through Associate of fishes (list below). Four species of fishes were Professor and then attaining the top rank of Professor, also named for Joe: Barilius nelsoni Barman, 1988 and eventually taking on a number of administrative () from River Gumti, northeastern India; positions, including Associate Dean of Student Serv - nelsoni Thompson & Suttkus, 2002 (Perci - ices for the Faculty of Science. He supervised 18 mas - formes) from the Philippine Islands and western Indian ter’s and 9 doctoral projects, and his students went on Ocean; Granulacanthus joenelsoni Hanke, Wilson, & to positions in institutions throughout the world, includ - Lindoe, 2001 (an extinct acanthodian) from ing Iran (Dr. Yasdan Kievany, Isfahan University of the Northwest Territories, Canada; and Myopsaron nel - Technology), Brazil (Dr. Ierecê Maria de Lucena Rosa, soni Shibukawa, 2010 () from Japan. Universidade Federal da Paraíba), Thailand (Dr. Jar - Of course, Joe was much more than an academic; anthada Karnasuta, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of he was also an extremely likeable and inspiring person. Agriculture and Cooperatives), as well as closer to Early on in his career, he acquired the nickname “Tiger home (e.g., Dr. Mrinal Das, MacEwan University, Joe,” the origins of which are now obscure. Some say Alberta; Dr. James Reist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada it was his tenacity that made him Tiger Joe; others say Freshwater Institute, Manitoba). Joe was also respon - the name was a bit of irony, since his demeanour was sible for the teaching and research collections of fish - generally not at all tiger-like. We advocate for the fol - es as the Curator of Ichthyology for the University of lowing “Tiger Joe” nickname creation myth. During Alberta Museum of Zoology (UAMZ). These collec - the extensive field work necessary to collect data for tions were greatly increased during his tenure as Cura - the original Fishes of Alberta book, Joe’s two field 2011 MURRAY , S ULLIVAN , AND ACORN : A T RIBUTE TO JOSEPH SCHIESER NELSON , 1937–2011 375

FIGURE 2. The pinecone fish (Monocentridae), named for its appearance, not its habitat. From the collections that were curated by Joe Nelson at the University of Alberta Museum of Zoology (UAMZ 7854).

assistants were classic 1960s incarnations of hairy, Joe was not a confrontational person by nature, but hard-working, hard-drinking biology students (both of he did stand on points of principle. When a taxonomic whom went on to become famous Canadian fisheries name change occurred that shifted a number of trouts personalities in their own right—another story…). At from the genus Salmo into the salmon genus On - the end of each field day, a trip was made to the nearest corhynchus , Joe was asked by those with a business small-town hotel for cold beer. The field assistants interest if they could now market their salmon as the would drink multiple pints each, while Joe only ever more valuable trout. Joe replied as a good taxonomist ordered a single half-glass. The students teased him would: no, but if they wished to, they could now mar - about his abstemious behaviour, calling him ‘a Tiger!’ ket their trout as salmon! When other taxonomists Joe was soft-spoken, but he had a rich and powerful around him were caught up in the systematics wars voice. If he ever lost his temper, or swore, we are not of the 1980s, pitting cladists against pheneticists and aware of it. His strongest expletive was “Garsh!” For evolutionary taxonomists, Joe practised a sort of aca - many of his biologist colleagues, however, the fact that demic judo, deflecting the attacks rather than battling Joe was also an accomplished martial artist, with a 7th them head-on. Although he leaned toward what was called “evolutionary ” himself, he understood degree black belt in Wado Karate, gave the impression and taught his students about the differences among that there was a hidden, perhaps less gentle, side to his the practices. personality. In fact, this was never the case. Joe took up This non-confrontational manner, coupled with an the study of karate after a nerve-wracking mugging ability to keep his mind on the truly important things, on a train platform in a foreign city he was visiting to allowed Joe to sooth turbulent waters when necessary. attend a scientific conference, but he continued with it A great example of this was during an important meet - long after it was clear he could defend himself if need ing regarding stream fragmentation caused by culverts be, and he became a sensei (teacher) of others. As his acting as fish barriers. Representatives from federal fellow karateka Ken Wasserman put it at the memorial and provincial fisheries agencies were arguing over service, “Mighty as he was, this sensei always offered issues such as Fisheries Act definitions of “important kindness and support, and patient leadership with con - fish” and “critical habitat” and potential repercussions stant emphasis on being a good citizen, perfection of to industry. In the midst of a particularly heated dis - one’s own character, and respect for others and one’s cussion, Joe quietly but firmly interrupted and declared, self.” Joe was mighty, and he was compassionate. If “Anyone who prevents sticklebacks from spawning anything, his legacy as a karate sensei and his legacy should be made to suffer the same fate.” Everyone as an academic mentor are perfect mirror images of laughed, and the tone of the discussion reverted to a one another. responsible discussion to solve a real problem. 376 THE CANADIAN FIELD -N ATURALIST Vol. 125

That story illustrates a key quality of Joe’s person - Lindsey, and Claude Renaud for reading and mak - ality. Joe Nelson was a gentleman, in the most hon - ing suggestions on an earlier draft. oured and delightful sense of the word. Always polite, always truthful and honest, always focused on the prin - Taxa described by J. S. Nelson ciples and importance of the bigger picture. MGS, who Neophrynichthys angustus Nelson, 1977 is periodically called upon as an expert witness, was Neophrynichthys magnicirrus Nelson, 1977 deeply moved by Joe’s example, and he keeps a small Limnichthys polyactis Nelson, 1978 museum vial with a Brook Stickleback in the breast Bembrops morelandi Nelson, 1978 Nelson, 1979 pocket of his going-to-court suit. During nasty crossex - morelandi Nelson, 1979 amination on questions of habitat destruction, he always Hemerocoetes artus sio Nelson, 1980 feels for the stickleback and remembers that Joe taught macquariensis Nelson, 1982 him to be a gentleman.” Joe taught many of us by exam - Ebinania malacocephala Nelson, 1982 ple, although we may not all carry vials of fish in our heemstrai Nelson, 1982 pockets. Osopsaron natalensis Nelson, 1982 Joe could be serious, but he was also a playful man Creedia alleni Nelson, 1983 in many respects (he was actually caught on film flying Creedia partimsquamigera Nelson, 1983 down the hallway towards his office on a child’s scoot - Crystallodytes pauciradiatus Nelson and Randall, 1985 er). He retained an almost childlike fascination with and nudus Nelson, 1989 love of natural history throughout his life. He loved a Psychrolutes microporos Nelson, 1995 good joke, and he especially loved a joke he could keep Bembrops cadenati Das and Nelson, 1996 alive for a long time. Many of us remember the pro - Ambophthalmus Jackson and Nelson, 1998 tracted kidding that Joe shared with his entomologist Ambophthalmus eurystigmatephoros Jackson and Nel - friends over the pinecone fish (Monocentridae). He son, 1999 innocently mentioned this fish (Figure 2) one day, but Neophrynichthys heterospilos Jackson and Nelson, 2000 the entomologists said he was making it up, and a won - Jackson and Nelson, 2006 derful mythology developed in which the fish lived at Ebinania australiae the tops of pine trees, far from water. Bibliography of J. S. Nelson He was a regular author of published letters to the Theses editor in the Edmonton Journal , undoubtedly because B.Sc. 1960. Variation in meristic characters of kokanee pop - his arguments were brief, clear, and diplomatic. When ulations ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) in British Columbia with pet stores in Edmonton began carrying tropical fish an appendix on their distribution throughout North Amer - with injected dyes to make them more colourful, Joe ica. B.Sc. thesis, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. 64 pages. responded in typical fashion. His short and eloquent M.Sc. 1962. Effects on fishes of changes within the Kananask - letter described the beauty of natural fishes, their im - is River system. M.Sc. thesis, Department of Zoology, Uni - mense diversity, and the wonder of their adaptations. versity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 107 pages. The argument didn’t criticize or offend anyone, yet it Ph.D. 1965. Hybridization and isolating mechanisms in completely refuted the concept behind injecting colours Catostomus commersonii and Catostomus macrocheilus into fish. As he would often instruct, “If you give polite - (Pisces: ). Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. 100 pages. ness and respect, you get politeness and respect back. If you give anger and distrust, you get anger and dis - Refereed publications trust back.” We think of those instructions, and his qui - Gordon, R. N., R. A. Crouter, and J. S. Nelson. 1960. The fish facilities at the Whitehorse Rapids power develop - et adherence to them, as his most profound gift to those ment, Yukon Territory. Canadian Fish Culturalist 27: 1-14. who knew him. Hickman, C. P., R. A. McNabb, J. S. Nelson, E. D. Van Breeman, and D. Comfort. 1964. Effect of cold acclima - Acknowledgements tion on electrolyte distribution in rainbow trout ( Salmo Some of the information in this article comes from gairdnerii ). Canadian Journal of Zoology 42: 577-597. an historical perspective by D. G. Smith (Copeia 2011 Nelson, J. S. 1965. Effects of fish introductions and hydro - electric development on the fishes of the Kananaskis Riv - (1): 169-176) and the obituary in the Edmonton Jour - er system, Alberta. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board nal (12 August 2011) and the Life & Times article by of Canada 22(3): 721-753. Lana Cuthbertson, “Joseph Nelson Taught the World Nelson, J. S. 1966. Hybridization between two cyprinid about Fish,” 15 August 2011, page A4). We are grate - fishes, Hybopsis plumbea and Rhinichthys cataractae , in ful to Francis Cook for suggesting we undertake this Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 44(5): 963-968. Nelson, J. S. 1968. Hybridization and isolating mechanisms tribute, for providing The Canadian Field-Naturalist between Catostomus commersonii and C. macrocheilus us with a forum in which to express how much Joe Nel - (Pisces: Catostomidae). Journal of the Fisheries Research son meant to all of us, and to Brian Coad, Casimer Board of Canada 25(1): 101-150. 2011 MURRAY , S ULLIVAN , AND ACORN : A T RIBUTE TO JOSEPH SCHIESER NELSON , 1937–2011 377

Nelson, J. S. 1968. Distribution and nomenclature of North Nelson, J. S. 1975. Records of a new form of the marine cot - American kokanee, Oncorhynchus nerka . Journal of the tid fish Antipodocottus galatheae from the east coast of Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(2): 409-414. New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Nelson, J. S. 1968. Variation in gillraker number of North Zealand 1(4): 80-86. American kokanee, Oncorhynchus nerka . Journal of the Nelson, J. S. 1976. Fishes of the World. Wiley-Interscience, Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(2): 415-420. New York. 416 pages. Nelson, J. S. 1976. Sticklebacks in our ponds. Kinnikinick Nelson, J. S. 1968. Deep-water ninespine sticklebacks, Pun - 1(7): 114-116. gitius pungitius, in the Mississippi drainage, Crooked Lake, Indiana. Copeia 1968(2): 326-334. Nelson, J. S. 1977. Evidence of a genetic basis for absence of the pelvic skeleton in brook sticklebacks, Nelson, J. S. 1968. Life history of the brook silverside, Culaea incon - , and notes on the geographical distribution and ori - , in Crooked Lake, Indiana. Transac - stans Labidesthes sicculus gin of the loss. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board tions of the American Fisheries Society 97(3): 293-296. of Canada 34(9): 1314-1420. Nelson, J. S. 1968. Salinity tolerance of brook sticklebacks, Nelson, J. S. 1977. Fishes of the Southern Hemisphere genus , freshwater ninespine sticklebacks, Culaea inconstans Pun - Neophrynichthys (: Cottoidei), with des- gitius pungitius , and freshwater fourspine sticklebacks, criptions of two new species from New Zealand and Mac - quadracus . Canadian Journal of Zoology 46(4): quarie Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 663-667. 7(4): 485-511. Nelson, J. S. 1968. Ecology of the southernmost sympatric Nelson, J. S. 1977. The postglacial invasion of fishes into population of the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans , Alberta. Alberta Naturalist 7(2): 129-139. and the , Pungitius pungitius , in Nelson, J. S. 1978. Limnichthys polyactis , a new species of Crook ed Lake, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Acad - blennioid fish from New Zealand, with notes on the tax - emy of Science 77: 185-192. onomy and distribution of other Creediidae (including Nelson, J. S. 1969. Geographic variation in the brook stick - Limnichthyidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(2): leback, Culaea inconstans , and notes on nomenclature and 351-364. distribution. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Nelson, J. S. 1978. Bembrops morelandi , a new percophidid Canada 26(9): 2431-2447. fish from New Zealand, with notes on other members of Paetz, M. J., and J. S. Nelson. 1970. The Fishes of Alberta. the genus. Records of the National Museum of New Zea- Queen’s Printer, Edmonton. 282 pages. land 1: 237-241. Nelson, J. S., and F. M. Atton. 1971. Geographic and mor - Nelson, J. S. 1979. Some osteological differences between phological variation in the presence and absence of the the blennioid fishes Limnichthys polyactis and L. rendahli , with comments on other species of Creediidae. New Zea- pelvic skeleton in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans land Journal of Zoology 6: 273-277. (Kirtland), in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Canadian Jour - Nelson, J. S. 1979. Revision of the fishes of the New Zealand nal of Zoology 49(3): 343-352. genus Hemerocoetes (Perciformes: Percophididae), with Nelson, J. S. 1971. Comparison of the pectoral and pelvic descriptions of two new species. New Zealand Journal of skeleton and of some other bones and their phylogenetic Zoology 6: 587-599. implications in the Aulorhynchidae and Gasterosteidae Nelson, J. S. 1979. Relative numbers of vertebrate species (Pisces). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Cana - in Alberta, Canada, and the world. Alberta Naturalist 9(3): da 28(3): 427-442. 145-152. Nelson, J. S. 1971. Absence of the pelvic complex in nine - Nelson, J. S. 1980. Psychrolutes sio , a new psychrolutid fish spine sticklebacks, Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus), in Ire - (Scorpaeniformes) from the southeastern Pacific. Cana - land and in Wood Buffalo National Park region, Canada, dian Journal of Zoology 58: 443-449. with notes on meristic variation. Copeia 1971(4): 707-717. Nelson, J. S., and I. Nakamura. 1980. Distribution, morphol - Nelson, J. S., and M. J. Paetz. 1972. Fishes of the northeast - ogy, and taxonomy of the psychrolutid fish Cottunculus ern Wood Buffalo National Park region, Alberta and North - granulosus (Karrer) from the southwestern Atlantic. Cana - wes t Territories. Canadian Field-Naturalist 86(2): 133-144. dian Journal of Zoology 58: 982-990. Nelson, J. S. 1973. Morphological difference between the Nelson, J. S., and M. J. Paetz. 1982. Endangered species/ teleosts Couesius plumbeus (lake chub) and Rhinichthys habi tats—Alberta fish species. Alberta Naturalist 12(2): 52-53. cataractae (longnose dace) and their hybrids from Alberta. Journal of Morphology 139(2): 227-237. Nelson, J. S. 1982. Two new South Pacific fishes of the genus Nelson, J. S. 1973. Occurrence of hybrids between longnose Ebinania and contributions to the sytematics of Psychro - lutidae (Scorpaeniformes). Canadian Journal of Zoology sucker ( ) and white sucker ( Catostomus catostomus C. 60: 1470-1504. commersoni ) in Upper Kananaskis Reservoir, Alberta. Jour - Nelson, J. S . 1982. Pteropsaron heemstrai and Osopsaron nal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30(4): 557- (Perciformes: ), new fish species 560. natalensis from South Africa, with comments on Squamicreedia Nelson, J. S., and M. J. Paetz. 1974. Evidence for under - obtusa from Australia and on the classification of the sub - ground movement of fishes in Wood Buffalo National Park, family Hemerocoetinae. Special Publication (25), J.L.B. Canada, with notes on recent collections made in the park. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. 11 pages. Canadian Field-Naturalist 88(2): 157-162. Nelson, J. S. 1983. Creedia alleni and Creedia partim - Nelson, J. S. 1974. Hybridization between Catostomus com - squamigera (Perciformes: Creediidae), two new marine mersoni (white sucker) and Catostomus macrocheilus fish species from Australia, with notes on other Australian (largescale sucker) in Williston Reservoir, British Colum - creediids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wash - bia, with notes on other fishes. Syesis 7: 187-194. ington 96(1): 29-37. 378 THE CANADIAN FIELD -N ATURALIST Vol. 125

Nelson, J. S. 1983. The tropical fish fauna in Cave and Nelson, J. S., and M. A. Harris. 1987. Morphological char - Basin Hotsprings drainage, Banff National Park. Canadi - acteristics of an introduced threespine stickleback, Gas - an Field-Naturalist 97(3): 255-261. terosteus aculeatus , from Hasse Lake, Alberta: a first Heemstra, P. C., and J. S. Nelson. 1984. Percophidae. FAO occur rence in the interior plains of . Envi - species identification sheets. Fishing area 51. Volume III. ronmental Biology of Fishes 18(3): 173-181. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Reimchen, T. E., and J. S. Nelson. 1987. Habitat and mor - Rome. 2 pages. phological correlates to vertebral number as shown in a Nelson, J. S. 1984. Fishes of the World. Second edition. John teleost, Gasterosteus aculeatus . Copeia 1987(4): 868-874. Wiley and Sons, New York. 523 pages. Das, M. K., and J. S. Nelson. 1988. Hybridization between Nelson, J. S. 1985. On the relationship of the New Zealand northern redbelly dace ( Phoxinus eos ) and finescale dace marine fish Antipodocottus galatheae with the Japanese (Phoxinus neogaeus ) (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) in Alber - Stlengis misakia (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae). New Zealand ta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 579-584. Oceanographic Institute Record 5(1): 1-12. Nelson, J. S. 1989. Cottunculus nudus , a new psychrolutid Nelson, J. S. 1985. Fish. Pages 638-639 in The Canadian fish from New Zealand (Scorpaeniformes: Cottoidei). Encyclopedia. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton. Copeia 1989(2): 401-408. Nelson, J. S. 1985. Fish classification. Page 639 in The Cana - Nelson, J. S. 1990. Atlantic fishes of Canada: a review. Bul - dian Encyclopedia. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton. letin of the Canadian Society of Zoologists 21(3): 36-37. Nelson, J. S. 1985. Stickleback. Pages 1760-1761 in The Nelson, J. S. 1990. Redescription of Antipodocottus elegans Canadian Encyclopedia. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton. (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) from Australia, with com - Nelson, J. S. 1985. Sucker. Page 1768 in The Canadian Ency - ments on the genus. Copeia 1990(3): 840-846. clopedia. Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton. Nelson, J. S. 1990. Indo-Pacific fish conference. Copeia. Nelson, J. S. 1985. On the interrelationships of the genera of 1990(3): 906-907. Creediidae (Perciformes: Trachinoidei). Japanese Journal Nelson, J. S. 1990. . Pages 687-688 in CLOFE - of Ichthyology 32(3): 283-293. TA . Volume II of Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Nelson, J. S., N. Chirichigno, and F. Balbontin. 1985. New Tropical Atlantic. Edited by J. C. Quéro, J. C. Hureau, C. material of Psychrolutes sio (Scorpaeniformes, Psychro - Karrer, A. Post, and L. Saldanha. UNESCO, Paris. lutidae) from the eastern Pacific of South America, and Das, M. K., and J. S. Nelson. 1990. Spawning time and comments on the taxonomy of Psychrolutes inermis and fecundity of northern redbelly dace, , fines- from the eastern Atlantic of Phoxinus eos Psychrolutes macrocephalus cale dace, , and their hybrids in Upper Africa. Canadian Journal of Zoolology 63: 444-451. Phoxinus neogaeus Pierre Grey Lake, Alberta. Canadian Field-Naturalist Nelson, J. S., and J. E. Randall . 1985. Crystallodytes pau - 104(3): 409-413. (Perciformes), a new creediid fish species from ciradiatus Winfield, I. J., and J. S. Nelson ( ). 1991. Cyprinid Easter Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Editors Fishes: Systematics, Biology and Exploitation. Chapman Washington 98(2): 403-410. and Hall Ltd., London. 667 pages. Reimchen, T. E., E. M. Stinson, and J. S. Nelson. 1985. Nelson, J. S. 1991. Comments on the need for stability in Multivariate differentiation of parapatric and allopatric fish family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomen - populations of threespine stickleback in the Sangan River watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands. Canadian Journal of clature 48(2): 147-148. Zoology 63: 2944-2951. Nelson, J. S. 1991. Comments on Balitoridae. Bulletin of Fedorov, V. V., and J. S. Nelson. 1986. Psychrolutidae. Pages Zoological Nomenclature 48(4): 335. Nelson, J. S. 1991. Foreword Pages vii-viii Fish Evolu - 1261-1264 in Volume III of Fishes of the North-eastern . in tion and Taxonomy: Evidence from Spermatozoa. Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Edited by P. J. P. White - Edited head, M-L. Bauchot, J-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, and E. Tor - by B. G. M. Jamieson. Cambridge University Press. tonese. UNESCO, Paris. Nelson, J. S., and M. J. Paetz. 1992. The Fishes of Alberta. Heemstra, P. C., and J. S. Nelson. 1986. Family No. 233: University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, and University of Calgary Press, Calgary. 437 pages. Percophidae. Pages 737-739 in Smiths’ Sea Fishes. Edited Nelson, J. S. [1993] 1989/1990. Analysis of the multiple by M. M. Smith and P. C. Heemstra. J. L. B. Smith Insti - tute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa, and occurrence of pelvic fin absence in extant fishes. Matsya, Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg. Bulletin of the Indian Society of Ichthyologists 15/16: 21- Nelson, J. S. 1986. Family No. 232: Creediidae. Pages 736- 38. 737 in Smiths’ Sea Fishes. Edited by M. M. Smith and P. Nelson, J. S. 1994. Fishes of the World. Third edition. John C. Heemstra. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Gra - Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 600 pages. hamstown, South Africa, and Macmillan South Africa, Nelson, J. S. 1994. Fishes of the world [Chinese translation Johannesburg. of second edition]. Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 614 pages. Nelson, J. S. 1986. Family No. 160: Psychrolutidae. Pages Nelson, J. S. 1994. Foreword in Lake, River, and Sea-run fish - 491-492 in Smith’s Sea Fishes. Edited by M. M. Smith es of Canada. Edited by F. H. Wooding. Harbour Publish - and P. C. Heemstra. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, ing, Madeira Park, British Columbia. Grahamstown, South Africa, and Macmillan South Africa, Brewin, M. K., L. L. Stebbins, and J. S. Nelson. 1995. Johannesburg. Differential losses of floy anchor tags between male and Nelson, J. S. 1986. Some characters of Trichonotidae, with female brown trout. North American Journal of Fisheries emphasis to those distinguishing it from Creediidae (Per - Management 15: 881-884. ciformes: Trachinoidei). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Nelson, J. S. 1995. Psychrolutes microporos , a new species 33(1): 1-6. of cottoid (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from New Zealand Nelson, J. S. 1987. The next twenty-five years: vertebrate and Japan with biogeographical comments. Proceedings systematics. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(4): 779-785. of the Zoolological Society, Calcutta 48(2): 67-76. 2011 MURRAY , S ULLIVAN , AND ACORN : A T RIBUTE TO JOSEPH SCHIESER NELSON , 1937–2011 379

Das, M. K., and J. S. Nelson. 1996. Revision of the per - 2000. Ceratichthys micropogon Cope , 1865 (currently cophid genus Bembrops (: Perciformes). Bul - Nocomis micropogon ; Osteichthyes, ): pro - letin of Marine Science 59(1): 9-44. posed conservation of usage of the specific name by the Keivany, Y., J. S. Nelson, and P. S. Economidis. 1997. Valid - designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomen - ity of Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis 1971 (Teleostei, clature 57(4):214-217. Gasterosteidae), a stickleback fish from Greece. Copeia Gilbert, C. R., J. S. Nelson, E. J. Crossman, H. 1997(3): 558-564. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Keivany, Y., and J. S. Nelson. 1998. Comparative osteology Williams. 2000. Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode, of the Greek ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius 1876 (currently Holacanthus bermudensis ; Osteichthyes, (Teleostei, Gasterosteidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 38(4): 458- Perciformes): proposed conservation of usage of the sub - 468 , and Journal of Ichthyology (English translation) 38(6): specific name by the designation of a neotype. Bulletin 430-440. of Zoological Nomenclature 57(4): 218-222. Nelson, J. S., and B. Shelast. 1998. Pygmy whitefish in the Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Athabasca River near Whitecourt, Alberta. Alberta Natu - Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. ralist 28(3): 59-60. 2001. Recommended change in the common name for a Jackson, K. L., and J. S. Nelson. 1998. Ambophthalmos , a marine fish: goliath grouper to replace jewfish ( Epineph - new genus for “ Neophrynichthys ” angustus and “ Neophryn - elus itajara ). Fisheries 26(5): 31. ichthys ” magnicirrus , and the systematic interrelation - Nelson, J. S. 2001. Trichonotidae, Sanddivers. Pages 3511- ships of the fathead (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae). 3512 in Volume 6, part 4 of The Living marine Resources Canadian Journal of Zoology 76(7): 1344-1357. of the Western Central Pacific. Edited by K. E. Carpenter Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, C. R. and V. H. Niem FAO Species Identification Guide for Fish - Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Recom - ery Purposes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the mended changes in common fish names: pikeminnow to United Nations, Rome. replace squawfish ( Ptychocheilus spp.). Fisheries 23(9): Nelson, J. S. 2001. Creediidae, Sandburrowers. Pages 3513- 37. 3514 in Volume. 6, part 4 of The Living Marine Resources Jackson, K. L., and J. S. Nelson. 1999. Ambophthalmos of the Western Central Pacific. Edited by K. E. Carpenter eurystigmatephoros , a new species of fathead and V. H. Niem. FAO Species Identification Guide for (Scorpaeniformes: Psychrolutidae) from New Zealand. Fishery Purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization of Copeia 1999(2): 428-433. the United Nations, Rome. Keivany, Y., C. K. Daoulas, J. S. Nelson, and P. S. Econo - Nelson, J. S. 2001. Percophidae, Duckbills. Pages 3515-3516 midis. 1999. Threatened fishes of the world: Pungitius Volume 6, part 4 of The Living Marine Resources of Stephanidis, 1971 (Gasterosteidae). Environ - in hellenicus the Western Central Pacific. K. E. Carpenter mental Biology of Fishes 55: 390. Edited by and V. H. Name. FAO Species Identification Guide for Nelson, J. S. 1999. Editorial and introduction: the species Fishery Purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization of concept in fish biology. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fish - the United Nations, Rome. eries 9(4): 277-280. Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Nelson, J. S., and P. J. B. Hart. (Editors ). 1999. The species concept in fish biology. Reviews in Fish Biology and Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. Fisheries 9(4): 277-382. 2002. When is a catfish not a catfish—U. S. legislation over Nelson, J. S., and K. E. Carpenter. 1999. Cottidae, sculpins. a name. Fisheries 27(2): 38-40. Nelson, J. S., W. C. Starnes, and M. L. Warren. 2002. A Pages 2425-2426 in Volume 4, part 2 of The Living Marine capital case for common names of species of fishes—a Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Edited by K. E. Carpenter and V. H. Niem. FAO Species Identification white crappie or a White Crappie. Fisheries 27(7): 31-33. Guide for Fishery Purposes. Food and Agriculture Organ - Steinhilber, M., J. S. Nelson, and J. D. Reist. 2002. A mor - ization of the United Nations, Rome. phological and genetic re-examination of sympatric short - Nelson, J. S. 1999. Psychrolutidae, fathead sculpins. Pages jaw cisco ( Coregonus zenithicus ) and lake cisco ( C. arte - ) in Barrow Lake, Alberta, Canada. Proceedings of the 2427-2428 in Volume. 4, part 2 of The Living Marine di Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Edited by K. E. VII International Symposium on the Biology and Man - Carpenter and V. H. Niem. FAO Species Identification agement of Coregonid Fishes, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1999 . Guide for Fishery Purposes. Food and Agriculture Organ - Edited by Todd Thomas and Guy Fleisher. Advances in ization of the United Nations, Rome. Limnology / Special issue of Archives of Hydrobiology Nelson, J. S. 2000. Trichonotidae, and Creediidae. Page 631 (Archive für Hydrobiologie) 57: 463-478. in A Checklist of the Fishes of the South China Sea. Edit - Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. ed by J. E. Randall and K. K. P. Lim. Raffles Bulletin of Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. Zoology, Supplement 8. 2003. The “Names of Fishes” list, including recommend - Keivany, Y., and J. S. Nelson. 2000. Taxonomic review of ed changes in fish names: Chinook salmon for chinook the genus Pungitius , ninespine sticklebacks (Gasterostei - salmon, and Sander to replace Stizostedion for the sauger dae). Cybium 24(2):107-122. and walleye. Fisheries 28(7):38-39. Jackson, K. L,. and J. S. Nelson. 2000. Neophrynichthys Nelson, J. S. 2003. Foreword. In Fish of Alberta. Edited by heterospilos , a new species of fathead sculpin (Scorpaeni - A. Joynt and M. G. Sullivan. Lone Pine Publishing, Ed- formes: Psychrolutidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand mon ton. 176 pages. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34(4): 719- Nelson, J. S. 2004. Foreword. In Darwin’s Fishes, an Ency - 726. clopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology and Evolution. By D. Gilbert, C. R., J. S. Nelson, E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa- Pauly. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Pérez, L. T. Findley, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. Kingdom. 340 pages. 380 THE CANADIAN FIELD -N ATURALIST Vol. 125

Nelson, J. S., E. J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Nelson, J. S., H.-P. Schultze, and M. V. H. Wilson (Editors ). Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, and J. D. Williams. 2010. Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Tele- 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the osts: Honoring Gloria Arratia. 20 chapters. Verlag Dr. United States, Canada, and Mexico. Sixth edition. Special Friedrich Pfeil, München. Publication 29. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Nelson, J. S. 2010. Gloria Arratia’s contribution to our under - Maryland. 386 pages with CD. standing of lower teleostean phylogeny and classification. Keivany, Y., and J. S. Nelson. 2004. Phylogenetic relation - Pages 11-36 in Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships ships of sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae), with emphasis on of Teleosts: Honoring Gloria Arratia. Edited by J. S. Nel - ninespine sticklebacks ( Pungitius spp.). Behaviour 141 son, H.-P. Schultze, and M. V. H. Wilson. 20 chapters. Ver - (11/12): 1485-1497. lag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Fourth edition. John Lea, R. N., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 601 pages. N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden, J. S. Nelson, and L. M. Nelson, J. S., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Page. 2010. Comments on Raja say Le Sueur, 1817 (cur - Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, and J. D. Williams. rently Dasyatis say ; Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes, 2006. Corrections to common and scientific names of fish - Dasyatidae): proposed change of spelling to Raja sayi Le es from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Sixth edi - Sueur, 1817 (Case 3410; see BZN 65: 119–123). Bulletin tion. Fisheries 31(3): 138-140. of Zoological Nomenclature 67(1): 66-67. Jackson, K. L., and J. S. Nelson. 2006. Ebinania australi - Nelson, J. S. (submitted ). Reduction in variation of pelvic ae , a new species of fathead sculpin from southern Aus - skeleton phenotypes in breeding experiments and temporal tralia (Scorpaeniformes: Psychrolutidae). Records of the stability of pelvic phenotypes of brook stickleback, Culaea Australian Museum 58: 37-42. inconstans (Gasterosteidae), from Astotin Lake, Alberta. Nelson, J. S., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, and J. D. Williams. 2006. Corrections to “Common and Scientific Names of Miscellaneous publications Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.” Nelson, J. S. 1972. Review of H. B. N. Hynes, The ecology of Copeia 2006(3): 559-562. running waters . Canadian Field-Naturalist 86(1): 108-109. 1978. Review of R. J. Wootton, Nelson, J. S., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Nelson, J. S. The biology of . Copeia 1978(3): 552-554. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, and J. D. Williams. the sticklebacks 2006. Comment on the proposed reinstatement of the Nelson, J. S. 1980. Review of C. E. Bond, Biology of fishes . specific name of Lacepède, 1803 (cur - Canadian Field-Naturalist 94(1): 99. Sphyraena acus Nelson, J. S. 1991. The systematics of and rently Tylosurus acus ; Teleostei, Belonidae). Bulletin of Cottunculus Zoological Nomenclature 63(1): 48-49. Neophrynichthys (Psychrolutidae). Abstracts of presenta - tions: Seventh International Ichthyology Congress, The Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fish. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Revised. 4 pages. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Hague, Netherlands, 26-30 August 1991. Bulletin Zoölo - gisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Issue Nelson, J. S. 2006. Fish classification. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Revised. 7 pages. http://thecanadianency 1991: 55. clopedia.com. Nelson, J. S. 1991. Review of The Eurasian Huchen , Hucho hucho, . Copeia 1991(2): 537- Nelson, J. S. 2006. Stickleback. In The Canadian Encyclo - largest salmon of the world pedia. Revised. 1 page. http://thecanadianencyclopedia 538. .com. Nelson, J. S. 1991. Review of Catalog of the genera of recent . Copeia 1991(4): 1156-1158. Nelson, J. S. 2006. Sucker. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. fishes Revised. 1 page. http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Nelson, J. S. 1992. Review of A field guide to freshwater . Reviews in Fish Keivany, Y. , and J. S. Nelson. 2006. Interrelationships of fishes: North America North of Mexico (Actinopterygii, ). Jour - Biology and Fisheries 2(3): 279-280. nal of Ichthyology 46, supplement 1: S84-S96. Nelson, J. S. 1994. Review of A history and atlas of the fishes . Global Biodiversity 3: 40-41. Nelson, J. S. 2007. Foreword. The Freshwater Fishes of of the Antarctic Ocean In Nelson, J. S. 1995. Review of . Reviews in British Columbia. Edited by J. D. McPhail. University of Biology of fishes Alberta Press. 620 pages. Fish Biology and Fisheries 5(4): 464-465. 1997. Review of . Jelks, H. L., S. J. Walsh, N. M. Burkhead, S. Contreras- Nelson, J. S. Interrelationships of fishes Copeia 1997(3): 647-649. Balderas, E. Díaz-Pardo, D. A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, 1997. Review of N. E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J. S. Nelson, S. P. Pla - Nelson, J. S. Encyclopedia of Canadian fish - . Canadian Book Review Annual (CBRA): 1008. tania, B. A. Porter, C. B. Renaud, J. J. Schmitter- es 2008. Review of Heiko Bleher, , Soto, E. B. Taylor, and M. L. Warren, Jr. 2008. Conser - Nelson, J. S. Bleher’s Discus vation status of imperiled North American freshwater and Volume 1. Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8): 372-407. 14(2): 101-103. Received 15 February 2012 Accepted 16 April 2012