Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) "was an important figure in American

ichthyology 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 Octob ...

and

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from 1940 to the 1990s." He was born in

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, earned his

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in 1938, a

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at the

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in 1943, and a

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at the

in 1944. He received tenure at the University of Michigan in 1954. Together with

W. L. Minckley Wendell Lee Minckley (November 13, 1935 – June 22, 2001) was a college professor and leading expert on fish. He spent most of his career at Arizona State University. In 1963, he with Robert Rush Miller discovered and named the northern platy ...

, he discovered a new species of platyfish, '' Xiphophorus gordoni'', that they named in honor of Dr Myron Gordon. He served as the ichthyological editor of ''

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'' from 1950 to 1955.

Fish described

* '' Chortiheros wesseli'' R. R. Miller 1996 - Cichlid * ''

Cualac tessellatus The checkered pupfish (''Cualac tessellatus'') is a species of pupfish endemic to San Luis Potosí in Mexico where it is restricted to the Río Verde and associated waters, including the Media Luna lake (all part of the Pánuco River basin). Th ...

'' R. R. Miller 1956 - (Checkered Pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon albivelis''

& R. R. Miller, 2002 (Whitefin pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon alvarezi'' R. R. Miller, 1976 (Potosi pupfish) * '' †Cyprinodon arcuatus''

& R. R. Miller, 2002 (Santa Cruz pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon atrorus'' R. R. Miller, 1968 (Bolson pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon bifasciatus'' R. R. Miller, 1968 (Cuatro Cienegas pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon eremus ''Cyprinodon'' is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma an ...

'' R. R. Miller & Fuiman, 1987 (Sonoyta pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon fontinalis'' M. L. Smith & R. R. Miller, 1980 (Carbonera pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon labiosus'' Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Thicklip pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon laciniatus'' C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1942 (Bahama pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon macrolepis'' R. R. Miller, 1976 (Largescale pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon maya The Maya pupfish (''Cyprinodon maya''), known in Spanish as ''cachorrito gigante'', is a highly threatened species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is endemic to Lake Chichancanab in Quintana Roo, Mexico. In almost all places, differe ...

'' Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Maya pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon meeki The Mezquital pupfish (''Cyprinodon meeki'') is a species of pupfish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Durango in Mexico. This species was Species description, described by Robert Rush Miller in 1976 from a pond which was ...

'' R. R. Miller, 1976 (Mezquital pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon nazas'' R. R. Miller, 1976 (Nazas pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Amargosa River pupfish) * '' †Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Tecopa pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes ''Cyprinodon'' is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma an ...

'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Ash Meadows pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Warm Springs pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Shoshone pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon pisteri ''Cyprinodon'' is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from Fresh water, fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, ...

'' R. R. Miller &

, 2002 (Palomas pupfish) * ''

Cyprinodon radiosus The Owens pupfish (''Cyprinodon radiosus'') is a rare species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae, the pupfish. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it is limited to the Owens Valley. It is a federally listed endangered spe ...

'' R. R. Miller, 1948 (Owens pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon salinus'' R. R. Miller, 1943 * '' Cyprinodon salinus salinus'' R. R. Miller, 1943 (Death Valley pupfish, Salt Creek pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon simus'' Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Boxer pupfish) * '' Cyprinodon tularosa'' R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975 (White Sands pupfish) * ''Xiphophorus gordoni'' Miller and

1963

Selected publications

*Miller, Robert R. and Minckley, W. L. (1963) "''Xiphophorus gordoni'', A New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" ''Copeia'' 1963(3): pp. 538–546 *Lagler, Karl Frank; Bardach, John E. and Miller, Robert Rush (1962) ''Ichthyology'' University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
OCLC 61070182
(textbook) *Miller, Robert Rush, Wendell L. Minckley, and Steven Mark Norris. Freshwater fishes of Mexico. University of Chicago Press, 2005. *Hubbs, C. L., and R. R. Miller. 1948. The Great Basin with emphasis on glacial and postglacial times. II. The zoological evidence. Univ. Utah Bull. 38:17-166 *Miller, Robert Rush. Man and the changing fish fauna of the American Southwest. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1961. *Miller, R.R. 1972. Threatened Freshwater Fishes of the United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101, 239–252.

References

*Frances M. Cashner, Gerald R. Smith, and Robert C. Cashner (2003) Robert Rush Miller and Frances Hubbs Miller, 2003 Copeia Vol. 2003, pp. 910–916. {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Robert Rush 1916 births American ichthyologists University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Michigan alumni University of Michigan faculty 2003 deaths Writers from Colorado Springs, Colorado 20th-century American zoologists

Fish described

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