Ichthyologist, help!

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stahli34

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im a kid in high school, about two years until i get into college. i already know that i want to be Ichthyologist. i want some help in choosing classes to take or that are good to take or just some requirements for the field


Thanks!!!.
 
High school classes?

You won't take too many classes in High School that will help you with that.

Take all the Math and Science you can. Take any AP classes you can.

After that, a BA or BS, followed by an MS and probably a PhD.
 
Some Classes in college you can take are Ichthyology, yes that is a class but not many colleges have it, the one I'm going to is in Florida and it has it.
You can also take Meristics, Marine Biology, Fisheries science(for farming fish), limnology, hydrobiology, and aquatic ecosystem.
A lot of these classes are very hard to find because a lot of colleges simply don't have them a fund a few in Florida that have a lot of these classes look around. Some may not apply but extra classes is always good. Hope i spelled them right.

But on top of it all look into Being a Ichthyologist do research because it is not easy and most live off of grants witch can be good and bad in a way.

Good luck i want to be one also

EDIT:Just noticed you live in Florida, lucky you i live in New York, a lot of Florida colleges have ichthyology classes.
 
In high school you should take as many high level math classes as possible, general biology, marine biology, and physics. A good choice of schools for ichthyology would be HPU (Hawaii Pacific University). The woman that bred the Genicanthus personatus pair at the Waikiki Aquarium (Karen) is attached to the HPU research facility at coconut island on Oahu. Richard Pyle and John Randall, the top marine ichthyologists in the world (not to forget Jerry Allen...) also do research attached to HPU.
 
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