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
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...
from 1855–1864, and published on the reptiles and fishes of
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...
.
He was elected as a member of the
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
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 ev ...
snake genus ''
Storeria'' 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 ''(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, ''(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'', commonly known as the Redbelly Snake
*
:Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer
References
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Physicians from Massachusetts
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1804 births
1891 deaths
Physicians from Maine
American naturalists
Harvard Medical School alumni
Bowdoin College alumni
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