Petre Mihai Bănărescu (born 15 September 1921 in

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– died 12 May 2009 in

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) was a

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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, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

. Bănărescu was a member of the Romanian Academy. Bănărescu published around 300 papers in scholarly journals. In 1975 he was elected an honorary member of the

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is an international learned society devoted to the scientific studies of ichthyology (study of fish) and herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians). The primary emphases of th ...

and an honorary member of the European Society of Ichtyologists in 1988.

Education

* In 1932–1940 attended the ''C.D. Loga'' college in

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, where he was taught by ornithologist Dionisie Lintia (natural sciences) and by the micro paleontologist Teodor Iorgulescu (geology, botany and zoology). * 1940–1944, the Student of the Faculty of Sciences (Department of Natural Sciences) at the University of Cluj, where in 1949, he had his PhD thesis ''Research on the telestones encephalus related to the life and phylogeny''. * In 1962 he received the Doctor of Science Degree.

Fish described

Oxynoemacheilus araxensis ''Oxynoemacheilus araxensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Oxynoemacheilus''. It was described from specimens taken at a single locality near Kandili, the type locality, the upper drainage of the Euphrates in eastern Turkey. ...

'' '' Ancherythroculter daovantieni'' * :Taxa named by Petre Mihai Bănărescu

Tribute

Squalidus banarescui ''Squalidus banarescui'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gobionidae, the gudgeons. This fish is endemic to the Dadu River The Dadu River (, ), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu (), is a major river l ...

'' I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang 2007 was named in honor of Bănărescu, Institute of Biology, Bucharest, for his "great" contributions to Taiwanese cyprinid taxonomy, especially the subfamily ''

Gobioninae Gobioninae is a monophyletic family of Eurasian cyprinoid fishes. This is a species rich clade which, as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae was divided into five tribes: Gobionini, Pseudogobionini, Hemibarbini, Coreiini, and Sarcocheilichthyini. Thes ...

'', between 1960 and 1973. ''

Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui ''Mesonoemacheilus petrubanarescui'' is a species of ray-finned fish from India. Etymology The specific name ''petrubanaescui'' honours the Romanian ichthyologist Petre Mihai Bănărescu. Length It grows to standard length. Distribution ...

'' (

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, 1984) was named in his honor.

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