Table 2. Taxonomy Release History. Information on each release of the approved ICTV taxonomy is displayed including the date and location of the ICTV meeting where proposals were discussed; the Master Species List (MSL) release number and the number of taxa belonging to each taxon rank present in the ICTV database for the indicated release.

		Number of Taxa
Year	Release Information	Order	Family	Subfamily	Genus	Species
2016	EC 48, Budapest, Hungary, August 2016; Email ratification 2017 (MSL #31)	8	122	35	735	4404
2015	EC 47, London, UK, July 2015; Email ratification 2016 (MSL #30)	7	111	27	609	3704
2014	EC 46, Kingston and Montreal, Canada, July 2014, Email ratification 2015 (MSL #29)	7	104	23	505	3185
2013	EC 45, Edinburgh, July 2013; Email ratification 2014 (MSL #28)	7	103	22	455	2827
2012	EC 44, Leuven, July 2012; Email ratification 2013 (MSL #27)	7	96	22	420	2617
2011	EC 42: Paris, June 2010; EC43: Sapporo, September 2011; Email ratification 2012 (MSL #26)	6	94	22	395	2480
2009	ICTV 9th Report; EC41: Leiden, June 2009; Email ratification 2009 (MSL #25)	6	87	19	349	2285
2008	EC 39: Kingston, June 2007; EC 40: Istanbul, August 2008; Email ratification 2008 (MSL #24)	5	82	11	307	2079
2005	ICTV 8th Report (MSL #23)	3	73	11	289	1899
2004	Postal vote 2004 (MSL #22)	3	73	11	290	1832
2002	Plenary session, July 2002, Paris (MSL #21)	3	70	11	251	1619
2002	Postal vote spring 2002 (MSL #20)	3	70	9	247	1602
1999	Plenary session, August 1999, Sydney (MSL #19)	3	64	9	239	1550
1999	ICTV 7th Report (MSL #18)	3	64	9	234	1551
1998	Postal vote autumn 1998 (MSL #17)	3	63	9	233	2370
1997	Postal vote autumn 1997 (MSL #16)	2	56	9	197	2267
1996	Plenary session, August 1996, Jerusalem (MSL #15)	2	53	9	182	2253
1995	ICTV 6th Report (MSL #14)	1	50	9	166	2220
1993	Plenary session, August 1993, Glasgow (MSL #13)	1	49	9	160	1700
1991	ICTV 5th Report (MSL #12)	1	40	9	142	1674
1990	Plenary session, August 1990, Berlin (MSL #11)	1	40	9	137	1290
1987	Plenary session, August 1987, Edmonton (MSL #10)	0	37	8	116	1275
1984	Plenary session, September 1984, Sendai (MSL #09)	0	35	8	103	1222
1982	ICTV 4th Report (MSL #08)	0	29	8	97	1209
1981	Plenary session, August 1981, Strasbourg (MSL #07)	0	29	8	93	1091
1979	ICTV 3rd Report (MSL #06)	0	24	8	84	1008
1978	Plenary session, August 1978, The Hague (MSL #05)	0	24	7	76	760
1976	ICTV 2nd Report (MSL #04)	0	17	3	67	754
1975	Plenary session, September 1975, Madrid (MSL #03)	0	17	1	63	309
1974	Postal vote April-May 1974 (MSL #02)	0	5	0	49	298
1971	ICTV 1st Report (MSL #01)	0	2	0	43	290