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William Albert Bussing (September 27, 1933 - November 17, 2014), known as Don William, was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career on the faculty of the Universidad de Costa Rica, working there from 1966 to 1991. He was appointed professor in 1978 and when he retired he became emeritus professor.




Early life


Bussing was born in Los Angeles, California. His university education was interrupted by his conscription to serve in the Korean War and by other jobs, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California in 1960, and teaching degree in 1961.




Career


Following his graduation, Bussing obtained an Inter-American Cultural Convention scholarship and travelled to Costa Rica to carry out research on the ecology of fishes of the Río Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí in Costa Rica. One result of this research was the description of a new species, Phallichthys tico in his first paper published in 1963, the first of over 90 publications. He taught a course in ichthyology at the Universidad de Costa Rica in 1962 and from 1963 and 1965 he worked towards his Masters on the bathypelagic fishes found off the coasts of Peru and Chile. In 1965 he became an assistant researching fish herbivory around Enewetak Atoll. He returned to Universidad de Costa Rica in 1966 to teach biology. In 1968 he was a co-founder of the Universidad de Costa Rica's Museo de Zoología.
In 1990 he was appointed by the Food and Agriculture Organization to study the distribution of fishes on the Pacific slope of Mesoamerica and Colombia, this work being published in many FAO guides to the commercially exploited fishes of the region. In all he wrote over 90 papers, a number of books and described around 60 new species. Bussing described more new species of vertebrate than any other zoologist working on Costa Rica. He undertook most expeditions with his wife, Myrna López, published some works with her too, and dedicated species to her and their children, Ilse and Erick.




Selected publications



(1963). A new poeciliid fish, Phallichthys tico from Costa Rica. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles), No. 77, 1–13.
(1965). Biology of the Antarctic Seas 2. Studies of the midwater fishes of the Peru-Chile Trench. Antarctic Research Series, 5, 185–227.




Taxon described by him



Phallichthys tico, Family Poeciliidae
Binghamichthys aphos, Family Alepocephalidae
Lampanyctus iselinoides, Family Myctophidae
Melanostigma bathium, Family Zoarcidae
Benthalbella macropinna, Family Scopelarchidae
Brachyrhaphis holdridgei, Family Poeciliidae
Hyphessobrycon savagei, Family Characidae
Piabucina boruca, Family Lebiasininae
Poeciliopsis paucimaculata, Family Poeciliidae
Pseudocheirodon terrabae, Family Characidae
Nannorhamdia lineata, Family Heptapteridae
Imparales panamensis, Family Heptapteridae
Halichoeres aestuaricola, Family Labridae
Cichlasoma diquis, Family Cichlidae
Cichlasoma sajica, Family Cichlidae
Pterobrycon myrnae, Family Characidae
Melaniris hubbsi, Family Atherinopsidae
Melaniris jiloaensis, Family Atherinopsidae
Melaniris milleri, Family Atherinopsidae
Phallichthys quadripunctatus, Family Poeciliidae
Rivulus fuscolineatus, Family Rivulidae
Rivulus glaucus, Family Rivulidae
Rivulus rubripunctatus, Family Rivulidae
Rivulus siegfriedi, Family Rivulidae
Rivulus uroflammeus, Family Rivulidae
Liopropoma fasciatum, Family Serranidae
Elacatinus janssi, Family Gobiidae
Halichoeres discolor, Family Labridae
Evermannia erici, Family Gobiidae
Roeboides ilseae, Family Characidae
Brachyrhaphis roseni, Family Poeciliidae
Cichlasoma loisellei, Family Cichlidae
Chriolepis dialepta, Family Gobiidae
Chriolepis cuneata, Family Gobiidae
Elacatinus inornatus, Family Gobiidae
Elacatinus nesiotes, Family Gobiidae
Lythrypnus alphigena, Family Gobiidae
Lythrypnus cobalus, Family Gobiidae
Lythrypnus insularis, Family Gobiidae
Lythrypnus lavenbergi, Family Gobiidae
Axoclinus cocoensis, Family Tripterygiidae
Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi, Family Tripterygiidae
Uropterygius versutus, Family Muraenidae
Pomadasys empherus, Family Haemulidae
Eleotris tecta, Family Eleotridae
Sicydium adelum, Family Gobiidae
Sphoeroides rosenblatti, Family Tetraodontidae
Chriolepis atrimelum, Family Gobiidae
Gymnothorax phalarus, Family Muraenidae
Urotrygon cimar, Family Urotrygonidae
Ptereleotris carinata, Family Microdesmidae
Opistognathus brochus, Family Opistognathidae
Opistognathus fossoris, Family Opistognathidae
Opistognathus smithvanizi, Family Opistognathidae
Opistognathus walkeri, Family Opistognathidae
Poeciliopsis santaelena, Family Poeciliidae
Astyanax cocibolca, Family Characidae
Peristedion nesium, Family Peristediidae
Chimaera orientalis, Family Chimaeridae
Urobatis pardalis, Family Urotrygonidae
Also see Category:Taxa named by William Bussing




Death


Bussing died in San Jose, Costa Rica, on November 17, 2014, of injuries sustained in a car accident.




Taxon named in his honor


Platygillellus bussingi, Family Dactyloscopidae, Bussing's stargazer, is a species of sand stargazer native to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama where it can be found on sandy bottoms at depths of from 1 to 15 metres (3.3 to 49.2 ft). It can reach a maximum length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.
Umbrina bussingi, Family Sciaenidae
Talismania bussingi, Family Alepocephalidae
Amphilophus bussingi, Family Cichlidae
Gunterichthys bussingi, Family Bythitidae
Roeboides bussingi, Family Characidae




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Cardi B
• William Bussing
• Phallichthys tico
• Lepidonectes
• Ecoregion
• Abraham Schermerhorn
• Bussing (surname)
• Lampanyctus iselinoides
• Astyanax cocibolca
• Signal triplefin
• Peter Schermerhorn