John Dow Fisher Gilchrist
John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) was a Scottish-born South African ichthyologist. He was born in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, and died at Saint James, Cape Town, South Africa.[1]
He obtained a Ph.D. at Jena University, Germany in 1894, and later held the post of Professor and Director of Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey of South Africa, in Cape Town.[2]
He is the recognised authority for many genera and species of fish, such as Paralichthodes algoensis, the peppered flounder.[3] His standard abbreviation under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is Gilchrist.
The genus Gilchristella, a member of the Clupeidae (herring) family, was named in 1935 in his honour.[1]
Selected publications
- South African Zoology. A Text Book for the Use of Students, Teachers and Others in South Africa (Cape Town and Pretoria, 1912)
- The Freshwater Fishes of South Africa: Volume 11, Parts 5-6 of Annals of the South African Museum (Trustees of the South African Museum, 1913)
- Practical zoology for medical & junior students (E. & S. Livingstone, 1922)
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