Robert C. Cashner is an American

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, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...

and retired academic administrator. He was the first to describe the Stippled studfish (''

Fundulus bifax The Stippled studfish (''Fundulus bifax'') is a small freshwater fish which is endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Georgia and Alabama, USA; and Sofkahatchee Creek (lower Coosa River system) in Alabama. It belongs to the genus ''Fundulus' ...

'') and the

bluefin stoneroller The bluefin stoneroller (''Campostoma pauciradii'') is a fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to the southeastern United States. Distribution It is found primarily in the Altamaha and Apalachicola river watersheds in Georgia and Alabama. There ...

(''Campostoma pauciradii''). Cashner was a faculty member at the

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

for many years. He was dean of UNO's graduate school from 1996 to 2008 and vice chancellor for research from 2001 to 2008. He was elected as president 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 the ...

in 1997.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Robert Cashner

Selected publications

* * *Cashner, R.C., J.S. Rogers and J.M. Grady 1988 ''Fundulus bifax'', a new species of the subgenus Xenisma from the Tallapoosa and Coosa river systems of Alabama and Georgia. Copeia (3):674-683. *Bart, H. L., M. F. Cashner, and K. R. Piller. 2011. ''Phylogenetic relationships of the North American cyprinid subgenus hydropholax''. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59:725-735. * *

References

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