Solomon Markovich Herzenstein (; 1854 – August 7, 1894) was a Russian zoologist.
Biography
Herzenstein received a degree in natural sciences and mathematics from
St. Petersburg University
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and was appointed as the custodian of the
Zoological Museum of the
Imperial Academy of Science in 1879 or 1880. He also supervised practical training at the
University for Women. In 1880, 1884, and 1887, he was commissioned to travel to the
Murman Coast
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of the
Kola Peninsula
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to study the mollusks and fishes there.
His work, "Materialy k Faunye Murmanskavo Berega i Byelavo Morya," which was published in the ''Trudy'' of the in 1885, became a standard reference. He co-wrote ''Zamyetki po Ikhtologii Basseina Ryeki Amura'' (1887) and ''Nauchnye Rezultaty Puteshestvi Przevalskavo'' (1888–91) with N. L. Varpakhovski. He also wrote ''Ryby'' (St. Petersburg, 1888-91), and published "Ichthyologische Bemerkungen" in the ' (1890-92).
Species described
* ''
Acanthogobio guentheri''
(Herzenstein, 1892)
* ''
Gymnocypris potanini''
(Herzenstein, 1891)
* ''
Triplophysa alticeps''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa brachyptera''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa brevicauda''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa chondrostoma''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa crassicauda''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa incipiens''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa leptosoma''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa macropterus''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa orientalis
''Triplophysa orientalis'' is a species of stone loach. It is a freshwater fish from the Tibetan Plateau and is endemic to China; its distribution includes the upper reaches of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, among others. It lives in a wide range ...
''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa scleroptera''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa siluroides
''Triplophysa siluroides'' is a large species of stone loach, which is endemic to the upper parts of the Yellow River basin in the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan.Wang, S.; and Xie, Y. (2004). ''China Species Red List.'' Red List ...
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(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa stenura''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
Tribute
* ''
Gnathopogon herzensteini
''Gnathopogon herzensteini'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus '' Gnathopogon'' endemic to China.
Although patronym not identified but clearly in honor of Russian ichthyologist Solomon Markovich Herzenstein (1854-1894), who named an ' ...
''
( Günther, 1896) was probably named in honor of Herzenstein, who named an ''
Acanthogobio'' after
Günther in 1892.
* ''
Asprocottus herzensteini''
( L. S. Berg, 1906), the Herzenstein's rough sculpin.
References
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1854 births
1894 deaths
19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire
Russian zoologists
Russian ichthyologists
Scientists from Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg State University alumni