Arthur Wilbur Henn
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Arthur Wilbur Henn | |
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Died | May 8, 1959 | (aged 69)
Nationality | American |
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Institutions | Carnegie Museum of Natural History |
Arthur Wilbur Henn, (March 8, 1890, in Evansville, Indiana – May 8, 1959, in Winter Park, Florida), was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. Henn succeeded Carl H. Eigenmann to the position of Curator of Fishes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1931 to 1949.[1] He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.
Selected taxa author by Henn
- Hemigrammus barrigonae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
- Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
- Hyphessobrycon metae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
- Neoheterandria Henn, 1916
- Neoheterandria elegans Henn, 1916
- Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn, 1916
- Phallotorynus Henn, 1916
- Phallotorynus fasciolatus Henn, 1916
- Priapichthys chocoensis (Henn, 1916)
- Priapichthys nigroventralis (Eigenmann & Henn, 1912)
- Pseudopoecilia fria (Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
References
- ^ Bowman, Inci A.; Smith, David G. (2015-06-10). "Arthur Wilbur Henn: Unsung Hero of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists". Copeia. 103 (2): 455–466. doi:10.1643/OT-15-232. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 85828053. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
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