William N. Eschmeyer

William Neil Eschmeyer (born 11 February 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee),[1] also known as Bill Eschmeyer,[2][3] is an American ichthyologist.[1] He is the founder[4] 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.[2]

He is Curator Emeritus at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California,[5] and Research Associate at Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida.[3]

Legacy

The following fish are named in his honor:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "William Neil Eschmeyer". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. 24 October 2014. Gale H1000029758. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Ichthyology: Current Staff + Students". Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "William N. Eschmeyer". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf. "The ETYFish Project". Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ 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
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