Stanley Howard Weitzman (born March 16, 1927, in
Mill Valley, California; died February 16, 2017) was a Research Scientist Emeritus at Division of Fishes,
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Life and career
He received his Bachelor's (1951) and Master's (1953) degrees in biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD (1960) from Stanford University as a student of the venerable killifish expert,
George Sprague Myers
George Sprague Myers (February 2, 1905 – November 4, 1985) was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. He served as the editor of ''Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin'' as well as president of the American ...
. Weitzman began his long and distinguished career as a Curator in the Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, in 1962. At that time he moved from California with his wife Marilyn and their two children.
Awards and recognition
Weitzman's outstanding research was recognized by his peers: he received the Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence in Systematic Ichthyology for an outstanding body of published work in systematic ichthyology from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 1991, and was honored at an international symposium on neotropical fishes in Brazil with an award for his “Invaluable Contributions to Neotropical Ichthyology” in 1997.
Taxon named in his honor
Numerous taxa have been named after Weitzman:
*''
Lophiobrycon weitzmani''
R. M. C. Castro, A. C. Ribeiro, Benine & A. L. A. Melo, 2003 is a
species of small
characin
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endemic to
Brazil, where it is found in the upper
Paraná River
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basin.
* the darter ''
Microcharacidium weitzmani''
Buckup, 1993
* the darter ''
Poecilocharax weitzmani''
Géry, 1965.
* the Two Saddle cory cat ''
Corydoras weitzmani
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* Han Nijssen (1935–2013), Dutch ichthyologist
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, 1971.
* the Atlantic pearlside or Weitzman's pearlside ''
Maurolicus weitzmani''
Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993.
* the small freshwater fish ''
Knodus weitzmani
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( Menezes, Netto-Ferreira & K. M. Ferreira, 2009)
* ''
Jenynsia weitzmani''
Ghedotti, A. D. Meisner & Lucinda, 2001.
* ''
Pseudocorynopoma stanleyi
''Pseudocorynopoma'' is a genus of characins from tropical South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and t ...
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Malabarba
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Malabarba was born in Pavia
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*Thomaz Bellucci (born 1987), Brazilian tennis player
*Thomaz Koch (born 1945), Brazilian tennis player
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, 2020
Taxon described by him
*See
:Taxa named by Stanley Howard Weitzman
References
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1927 births
2017 deaths
American ichthyologists
People from Mill Valley, California
People from California
Ichthyologists