Loren Paul Woods

Loren Paul Woods (1913-1979) was an American ichthyologist and museum curator at the Field Museum of Natural History In Chicago. He joined the museum's education department as a guide lecturer in 1938. In 1941, he was transferred to the Division of Fishes, from where he retired in 1978. His career was interrupted by a four-year period of duty with the United States Navy during World War II. While he was in the navy, Marion Griswold Grey served as the unpaid curator, becoming an associate at the museum when Woods resumed his post. During his time at the Field Museum, he assembled specimen collections of North American freshwater fish and Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean marine fish. This material resulted in a major expansion of the museum's fishes holdings, which had previously been a mostly freshwater collection. Woods is best remembered for his publications on damselfish, squirrelfish, and Berycidae.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Loren P. Woods

Publications

The following are some of Woods’ publications:
* Schultz, Leonard P. & Loren P. Woods. 1948 '' ''Acanthurus triostegus marquesensis'', a new subspecies of surgeonfish, family Acanthuridae, with notes on related forms'' ''Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences'' 38(7): 248–251.
* Bailey, Reeve M., Ernest A. Lachner, C. C. Lindsey, C. Richard Robins, P. M. Schultz, Leonard P. & Loren P. Woods. 1948 A new name for ''Synchiropus altivelis'' Regan, with a key to the genera of the fish family Callionymidae Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 38(12): 419–420.
*W. B. Scott & Loren P. Woods. 1960 ''A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada (second edition)'' ''American Fisheries Society Special Publication''(2): i-ii, 1–102.
*Schultz, Leonard P. & Loren P. Woods. 1949 ''Keys to the genera of echelid eels and the species of ''Muraenichthys'' of the Pacific, with two new species'' ''Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences'' 39(5): 169–174.
*Woods, Loren P. & R. H. Kanazawa. 1951 ''New species and new records of fishes from Bermuda'' ''Fieldiana Zoology, New Series'' 31: 629–644.
*Schultz, Leonard P., Earl S. Herald, Ernest A. Lachner, Arthur D. Welander & Loren P. Woods. 1953 ''Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Volume 1. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae'' : i-xxxii, 1–685, pls. 1-74.
*Woods, Loren P. & Leonard P. Schultz. 1953 ''Subfamily Pomacanthinae''
*Woods, Loren P. & R. F. Inger. 1957 ''The cave, spring, and swamp fishes of the family Amblyopsidae of central and eastern United States'' ''The American Midland Naturalist'' 58(1): 232–256.
*Woods, Loren P. 1955 ''Western Atlantic species of the genus ''Holocentrus'' '' ''Fieldiana Zoology, New Series'' 37: 91-119.
*Woods, Loren P. 1958 ''A new genus and species of fish from the Gulf of Mexico (family Emmelichthyidae)'' ''Fieldiana Zoology, New Series'' 39: 249–252.
*Woods, Loren P. 1959 '' ''Parahollardia schmidti'', a new triacanthodid fish from the western Caribbean'' ''Copeia'' 1959(3): 222–225.
*Schultz, Leonard P., W. M. Chapman, Ernest A. Lachner & Loren P. Woods. 1960 ''Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Volume 2. Families from Mullidae through Stromateidae'' : i-ix, 1–438, pls. 75-123.
*Woods, Loren P. 1961 '' ''Chaeotodon goniodes'', a new butterfly fish from Puerto Rico'' ''Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean'' 10(4): 417–420.
*Woods, Loren P. 1961 ''A new berycoid fish from Brazil (family Trachichthyidae)'' ''Fieldiana Zoology, New Series'' 39: 525–531.
*Woods, Loren P. 1961 ''A new species of flatfish, ''Monolene megalepis'', from Puerto Rico and the western Caribbean Sea'' ''Copeia'' 1961(2): 192–195.
*Woods, Loren P. 1965 ''A new squirrel fish, ''Adioryx poco'' of the family Holocentridae from the Bahama Islands'' ''Notulae Naturae''(377): 1–5.
*Schultz, Leonard P., Loren P. Woods & Ernest A. Lachner. 1966 ''Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Volume 3. Families Kraemeriidae through Antennariidae'': i-vii, 1–176, pls. 124–148.
*Woods, Loren P. 1970 ''Fishes'' Follett Pub Co isbn 10: 069542890X
*Woods, Loren P. 1971 ''Tropical Fish'' Follett Pub Co. isbn 13: 9780695301750
*Woods, Loren P. & P. M. Sonoda. 1973 ''Order Berycomorphi (Beryciformes)''
*Greenfield, David W. & Loren P. Woods. 1974 '' ''Eupomacentrus diencaeus'' Jordan and Rutter a valid species of damselfish form the western tropical Atlantic'' ''Fieldiana Zoology, New Series'' 65(2): 9-20.
*Allen, Gerald R. & Loren P. Woods. 1980 ''A review of the damselfish genus ''Stegastes'' from the eastern Pacific with the description of a new species'' ''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' 8(2): 171–198.
*Greenfield, David W. & Loren P. Woods. 1980 ''Review of the deep-bodied species of ''Chromis'' (Pisces: Pomacentridae) from the eastern Pacific, with descriptions of three new species'' ''Copeia'' 1980(4): 626–641.
*Miller, G. C. & Loren P. Woods. 1988 ''A new species of sciaenid fish, ''Pareques iwamotoi'', from the western Atlantic, with color descriptions of prejuvenile and juvenile ''Pareques acuminatus'' and ''Pareques umbrosus'' '' ''Bulletin of Marine Science'' 43(1): 88–92.

Legacy

As a mark of their respect Woods fellow ichthyologists honoured him with eponyms in the specific names given to new species being described.

Taxon named in his honor

These included the
* swallowtail bass (''Anthias woodsi''),
* Woods's chromis (''Chromis woodsi''),
* Woods's clingfish (''Gobiesox woodsi'')
and the
* whitespot soldierfish (''Myripristis woodsi'').

Personal life

Woods was married twice. His first wife was Adele Woods. They had two children. They divorced. He married again on February 14, 1966. They had two more children. His second wife, Mary, and one child from his first marriage and two from his second survive.

References

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American ichthyologists
1913 births
1979 deaths
United States Navy personnel of World War II