- Source: William N. Eschmeyer
William Neil Eschmeyer (born 11 February 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee), also known as Bill Eschmeyer, is an American ichthyologist. He is the founder and developer of the database and reference work Catalog of Fishes, hosted by the California Academy of Sciences and available both on-line and in print.
He is Curator Emeritus at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, and Research Associate at Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida.
Legacy
The following fish are named in his honor:
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri Whitley, 1970 (Cape rockfish)
Rhinopias eschmeyeri Condé, 1977 (scorpionfish)
Eschmeyer nexus Poss & Springer, 1983
Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004 (knifefish)
Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2004 (scorpionfish)
Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin & Mandritsa, 1992 (scorpionfish)
See also
Category:Taxa named by William N. Eschmeyer
References
Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1980. Xenaploactis, a new genus for Prosopodasys asperrimus Günther (Pisces: Aploactinidae), with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 42(8), pages 287–293
External links
William N. Eschmeyer at calacademy.org
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Gabus laut
- Catalog of Fishes
- Lelemah
- Kerapu
- Hexagrammidae
- Ikan beludru
- Mastacembelidae
- Moroniformes
- Elak (ikan)
- Baronang
- William N. Eschmeyer
- Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
- Eschmeyer
- Pomfret
- Goatfish
- Zanclidae
- Triglidae
- Cirrhitidae
- Anarhichadidae
- Red velvetfish
