He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Eponymy The genus Goodea of splitfins was named in his honour by David Starr Jordan in 1880; this in turn gave his name to the family Goodeidae. Species named after him include: Bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei Southern eagle ray, Myliobatis goodei Goode croaker, Paralonchurus goodei Goode's desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma goodei Quillfish, Ptilichthys goodei Chilipepper, Sebastes goodei Palometa, Trachinotus goodei Bibliography Ichthyology and fisheries The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, 7 volumes. (Washington, 1884–1887) American Fishes; a Popular Treatise upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America, with Especial Reference to Habits and Methods of Capture (New York, 1888) Museums "Museum-History and Museums of History" "The Museums of the Future" "The Principles of Museum Administration" (All are available in A Memorial of George Brown Goode) See also :Category:Taxa named by George Brown Goode "The New Museum Idea" References Further reading Alexander, Edward M. (1983). Museum Masters: Their Museums and Their Influence (Nashville: American Association for State and Local History). "The Origins of Natural Science in America: Essays of George Brown Goode," ed. with intro. by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991). External links The George Brown Goode Papers at the University of Virginia George Brown Goode Papers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives Samuel P. Langley's A Memorial of G. Brown Goode 1901 on GoogleBooks National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir 1851 births 1896 deaths American ichthyologists Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Harvard University alumni Historians of science Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences National Geographic Society founders People from Amenia, New York People from New Albany, Indiana Scientists from Cincinnati Scientists from Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution people United States Fish Commission personnel Wesleyan University alumni