Nigel Merrett
Nigel Robert Merrett (born 1940) is a British
ichthyologist and former director of the fish section of the British Natural History Museum.[1]
In 1998, Merrett participated in an expedition headed by Nikolas Vasilyevich Parin to collect deepwater specimens.[2]
Book
In 1997, Merrett, along with R.L. Haedrich, wrote the book Deep-Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries.[3] In the book, they warn against fishing in deep water.[1]
Taxon described by him
Taxon named in his honor
- Merret's snailfish (Careproctus merretti), also called the snakehead snailfish[4] is named after him.
- The eel Ilyophis nigeli. The species epithet "nigeli" was given in honour of Merrett, who was credited with making "substantial contributions" to the knowledge of the synaphobranchid eels.[5]
References
- ^ a b staff (21 May 1998). "A survey of the sea: Going deep - Davy Jones's locker is the ultimate commons: vast, ownerless and largely unknown". The Economist. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- doi:10.1643/ot-04-325. Archived from the original(PDF) on 31 March 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ISBN 0-412-39410-3.
- ^ "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. 8 September 1989 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ilyophis nigeli at www.fishbase.org.
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