José Luis Castro Aguirre
José Luis Castro Aguirre (24 June 1943 – 20 January 2011) was a Mexican ichthyologist. He was a founding member of the Mexican Ichthyological Society and a member of the National System of Investigators who produced around 150 publications, focusing chiefly on the taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of the fishes of Mexico.[1] His 1978 book Catálogo sistemático de los peces marinos que penetran en aguas continentales de México, con aspectos zoogeográficos y ecológicos ("Systematic catalog of marine fish entering inland waters of Mexico, with zoogeographical and ecological aspects") was the first catalog of estuarine fishes of Mexico.[2] Born in Mexico City, he attended the National School of Biological Sciences at the National Polytechnic Institute (ENCB-IPN) earning a master's degree in 1974 and a PhD in 1986. He worked at the National Fisheries Institute and the Food and Agriculture Organization in the 1960s, and later was professor and researcher at the ENCB-IPN, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM; 1979–1987), the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Science (CICIMAR; 1976–1979, 1994–2011) and Northeast Center of Biological Research (CIBNOR; 1987–1994).[1] He described around a dozen fish species, including several species of shark.[1][3] A book of research papers in his honor was produced in 2012,[4].
Taxon described by him
[edit]- The Pacific spoon-nose eel, Echiophis brunneus.
- The Mexican hornshark Heterodontus mexicanus
Taxon named in his honor
[edit]- He was posthumously commemorated in the names of the fish species Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei (a hamlet)[5] and Eugerres castroaguirrei (a mojarra).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c De La Cruz Agüero, J. (2011). "José Luis Castro Aguirre, mainstay of contemporary ichthyology in Mexico". Journal of Fish Biology. 78 (5): 1291–1293. Bibcode:2011JFBio..78.1291D. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02980.x.
- ^ Smith, Michael Leonard (1980). "Review: Catalogo Sistematico de Los Peces Marinos Que Penetran a Las Aguas Continentales de Mexico con Aspectos Zoogeographicos y Ecologicos". Copeia. 1980 (1): 184. doi:10.2307/1444165. JSTOR 1444165.
- ^ Watkins, Michael; Beolens, Bo (2015). Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-78427-037-7.
- ^ Del Moral Flores, Luis Fernando; Martínez Pérez, José Antonio; López, Jonathan Franco; Ramírez Villalobos, Ángeles Jaqueline; Tello Musi, José Luis, eds. (2012). Investigación Ictiológica en México: Temas selectos en Honor al Dr. José Luis Castro Aguirre. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 9786070236280.
- ^ Del Moral Flores, L.F.; Tello-Musi, J.L.; Martínez-Pérez, J.A. (2012). "Descripcíon de una nueva especie del género Hypoplectrus (Actinopterigy: Serrandae) del Sistema Arrecifa Veracruzana, suroeste de Golfo de México". Revista de Zoología (in Spanish and English). 22: 1–10.
- ^ Gonzalez-Acosta, Adrian F.; Rodiles-Hernandez, Rocio (2013). "New species of Eugerres from the Usumacinta Province, México and Guatemala with a redescription of E. mexicanus (Steindachner, 1863) (Teleostei: Gerreidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (2): 307–318. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252013000200009.
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