Fred C. Rohde was a senior biologist with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries for twenty-five years before joining the National Marine Fisheries Service in Beaufort, North Carolina. Coauthor of Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, Rohde has been studying fishes in South Carolina since 1977. Rudolf G. Arndt is a professor emeritus and an adjunct professor of marine science at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, where he has taught since 1974. He is also a coauthor of Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. Jeffrey W. Foltz is a professor of fisheries at Clemson University, where he has taught since 1978. Joseph M. Quattro is an associate professor of biological and marine sciences at the University of South Carolina. He has studied the evolutionary history of Carolina fishes and taught ichthyology since 1995.
