Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz (3 July 1910 – 10 December 1941) was a Soviet Russian

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

, notable for his contribution to the study of

ichthyofauna Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...

of the North Pacific and Far Eastern seas of Russia.

Notable dates

* Spring 1929 - Graduated from the Vladivostok Industrial College (now Vladivostok Shipbuilding College) and became * Spring 1929 - Observer in the raw materials sector of the Pacific Fisheries Research Center (TINRO-Center, part of the Far Eastern Branch of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

) * 1932 - Marine Researcher, TIRH Complex Pacific Expedition of the State Hydrological Institute and the Pacific Committee of the

* 1933 - Started work at the Leningrad Zoological Institute * 1934 - Defended his thesis on "Freshwater fish of the North-Western basin in the Sea of Japan" * 1934 - Participated in the expedition to Sahalin * 1939 - Leader of a group for the study of

salmon Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family (biology), family Salmonidae, which are native to tributary, tributaries of the ...

* Beginning of 1941 - Editor of the Guide to the fishing industry of the Far East * November 10, 1941 - Drafted into the army * December 1941- His echelon is destroyed by enemy aircraft

Biography

Taranetz conducted his later research (1938-1941) on the

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

, paying special attention to the methodology of studying the yield of any one generation of salmon and its dependence upon

hydrological Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...

and other factors. Taranetz produced about 30 published works, including a series of articles on the

, and over 20 manuscripts devoted to both individual

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

and

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

of fish, and ichthyofauna of various areas of the Far East.

Selected publications

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List of taxa named in honour of A.Y. Taranetz

Chordata

Arhynchobatidae Arhynchobatidae is a family of skates and is commonly known as the softnose skates. It belongs to the order Rajiformes in the superorder Batoidea of rays. At least 104 species have been described, in 13 genera. Softnose skates have at times been ...

: Rhinoraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983) *

Salmonidae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...

Salvelinus taranetzi ''Salvelinus taranetzi'', also known as the ''Taranets char'',Alexander G. Osinov, Anna L. Senchukova, Nikolai S. Mugue, Sergei D. Pavlov, Igor A. Chereshnev (2015Speciation and genetic divergence of three species of charr from ancient Lake El'gy ...

(Kaganowsky, 1955) *

Zoarcidae The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family (biology), family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance. All of the roughly 300 species are ocean, marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. Eel ...

Taranetzella lyoderma The loosekin eelpout (''Taranetzella lyoderma'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is the only species in the monospecific genus ''Taranetzella''. This eelpout is found in the North Pacific ...

( Andriashev, 1952) *

Cottidae The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology ...

Radulinopsis taranetzi ''Radulinopsis''is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Radul ...

(Yabe & Maruyama, 2001)

References and bibliography