William Neil Eschmeyer, also known as Bill Eschmeyer, is an American
ichthyologist. He is the founder and developer of the database and reference work
Catalog of Fishes
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously u ...
, hosted by the
California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The Academy began in 1853 ...
and available both on-line and in print.
* Curator Emeritus, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California
* Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida
Legacy
The following fish are named in his honor:
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Eschmeyer nexus
''Easchmeyer nexus'' is a species of marine ray-finned fish; it is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Eschmeyer'' and monogeneric family Eschmeyeridae. This fish is only known from the Pacific Ocean, near Fiji.
Taxonomy
''Eschmeyer nexus ...
''.
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Rhinopias eschmeyeri
''Rhinopias eschmeyeri'' or Eschmeyer's scorpionfish or paddle-flap scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific. ...
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scorpionfish
The Scorpaenidae (also known as scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species. As their name suggests, scorpionfish have a type of "sting" in the form of sharp spines coated with venomo ...
from the Indo-West
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
.
The Scorpianfish ''
Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri''
Parin & Mandritsa
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, 1992 [Motomura, H., Kanehira, N. & Imamura, H. (2012): Redescription of a Poorly Known Southeastern Pacific Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae), ''Phenacoscorpius eschmeyeri'' Parin and Mandrytsa. ''Species Diversity, 17 (2): 145-150.'']
The Cape Rockfish ''
Trachyscorpia eschmeyeri''
Whitley, 1970.
''
Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri''
J. E. Randall & D. W. Greenfield, 2004
The knifefish ''
Apteronotus eschmeyeri''
de Santana, Maldenado-Ocampo, Severi & G. N. Mendes, 2004
See also
*
:Taxa named by William N. Eschmeyer
References
* Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1980. Xenaploactis, a new genus for Prosopodasys asperrimus Günther (Pisces: Aploactinidae), with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4) 42(8), pages 287–293
External links
William N. Eschmeyerat calacademy.org
American ichthyologists
Living people
People associated with the California Academy of Sciences
Year of birth missing (living people)
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