William N. Eschmeyer
William Neil Eschmeyer (February 11, 1939 – December 30, 2024) was an American ichthyologist.[1][2][3] He was 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.[4][2]
Biography
[edit]Eschmeyer was born on February 11, 1939.[1] He was Curator Emeritus at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California,[5] and Research Associate at Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida.[3] Eschmeyer died on December 30, 2024, at the age of 85.[6]
Legacy
[edit]The following fish are named in his honor:[7]
- 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[8] (scorpionfish)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "William Neil Eschmeyer". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. 24 October 2014. Gale H1000029758. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Ichthyology: Current Staff + Students". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald; Fong, Jon D.; Polack, Dennis A. (2010). "Marine fish diversity: history of knowledge and discovery (Pisces)". Zootaxa. 2525 (1): 19–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2525.1.2.
- ^ "William N. Eschmeyer". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "William "Bill" N. Eschmeyer". Cremation Society of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf. "The ETYFish Project". Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Motomura, Hiroyuki; Kanehira, Naoko; Imamura, Hisashi (2012). "Redescription of a poorly known southeastern Pacific scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri Parin and Mandrytsa". Species Diversity. 17 (2): 145–150. doi:10.12782/sd.17.2.145.
- 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
[edit]- William N. Eschmeyer at calacademy.org
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