David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804—September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at

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from 1855–1864, and published on the reptiles and fishes of

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. He was elected as a member of the

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in 1872. The

colubrid Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

snake genus ''

Storeria ''Storeria'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to North America and Central America. The genus consists of five species, four of which are known as brown ...

'' is named in his honor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Storer", p. 255).

Selected bibliography

*Storer, David Humphreys; Peabody, William Bourne Oliver (1839). ''Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts''. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers. *Storer DH (1846)
"A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America"
''Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences'' 2: 253–550. *Storer DH (1853)
"A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts"
''Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences'' 5 (1): 122–168. *Storer DH (1859)
"A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts"
''Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences'' 6 (2): 309–372.

Species Descriptions

Among the fish he described are: *The

tessellated darter The tessellated darter (''Etheostoma olmstedi'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is native to Canad ...

''(Etheostoma olmstedi)'' *The

yellowtail flounder The yellowtail flounder (''Limanda ferruginea''), also known as the rusty dab, is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders). Reaching in length, it has reddish brown upperparts, pale underparts and yellow fins. Bot ...

''(Limanda ferruginea)'' *The

rainbow darter The rainbow darter (''Etheostoma caeruleum'') is a small species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is native to No ...

''(Etheostoma caeruleum)'' *The northern pipefish ''(Syngnathus fuscus)'' *The kelp pipefish ''(Syngnathus californiensis)'' *The

ashy darter The ashy darter (''Etheostoma cinereum'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a darter from the subfamily Etheostomatinae, part of the family Percidae, which also contains the perches, ruffes and pikeperches. It is endemic to the ea ...

''(Etheostoma cinereum)'' *The

northern studfish The northern studfish (''Fundulus catenatus'') is the largest of the killifish and is native to the southcentral United States. Appearance and anatomy The mean length for adults is . Northern studfish are sexually dimorphic. Males have horizonta ...

''(Fundulus catenatus)'' *The

wrymouth The wrymouth (''Cryptacanthodes maculatus'') sometimes called ghostfish or "potato-head fish", is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the wrymouth family Cryptacanthodidae. It outgrows the blennies, its relatives, and may reach a length of ...

, ''(Cryptacanthodes maculatus)'', sometimes called a ghostfish *The blackspotted topminnow, ''(

Fundulus olivaceus The blackspotted topminnow, ''Fundulus olivaceus'', is a species of fish in the family Fundulidae: the topminnows and North American killifishes.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds''Fundulus olivaceus''.FishBase. 2011. It is native to the south-central U ...

)'' He also described the snake: ''

Storeria occipitomaculata ''Storeria occipitomaculata'', commonly known as the redbelly snake or the red-bellied snake, is a species of snake endemic to North America (Canada and the United States). Description ''S. occipitomaculata'' is a small woodland species that ...

'', commonly known as the Redbelly Snake * :Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer

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* * Physicians from Massachusetts People from Portland, Maine Harvard Medical School faculty 1804 births 1891 deaths Physicians from Maine American naturalists Harvard Medical School alumni Bowdoin College alumni Presidents of the American Medical Association {{US-physician-stub