Arthur Wilbur Henn, (March 8, 1890, in

Evansville, Indiana Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...

– May 8, 1959, in

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), was an American

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 ...

and

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...

. Henn succeeded

Carl H. Eigenmann Carl Henry Eigenmann (March 9, 1863 – April 24, 1927) was a German-American ichthyologist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and his zoology students is credited with identifyin ...

to the position of

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of Fishes at the

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. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of

Ichthyologists 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 October ...

and

Herpetologists Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...

from 1931 to 1949. He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.

Selected taxa author by Henn

* ''

Hemigrammus barrigonae ''Hemigrammus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to South America (including Trinidad) and commonly seen in the aquarium trade. These are medium-small tetras where the largest species reach up to around . Species Th ...

'' Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 * '' Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis'' Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 * '' Hyphessobrycon metae'' Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 * '' Neoheterandria'' Henn, 1916 * '' Neoheterandria elegans'' Henn, 1916 * ''

Phalloptychus eigenmanni ''Phalloptychus'' is a genus of poeciliids native to eastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The Maximum length for a male is around 2.5cm, while females are around 3.5-4cm at maximum length Species There are curre ...

'' Henn, 1916 * '' Phallotorynus'' Henn, 1916 * '' Phallotorynus fasciolatus'' Henn, 1916 * '' Priapichthys chocoensis'' (Henn, 1916) * '' Priapichthys nigroventralis'' (Eigenmann & Henn, 1912) * '' Pseudopoecilia fria'' (Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)

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* American ichthyologists 1890 births 1959 deaths People from Evansville, Indiana 20th-century American zoologists {{US-zoologist-stub