Robert Rush Miller

Robert Rush Miller (April 23, 1916 – February 10, 2003) was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s.

He was born in

• Chortiheros wesseli R. R. Miller 1996 - Cichlid
• Cualac tessellatus
  R. R. Miller 1956 - (Checkered Pupfish)
• Cyprinodon albivelis W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002 (Whitefin pupfish)
• Cyprinodon alvarezi
  R. R. Miller, 1976 (Potosi pupfish)
• †Cyprinodon arcuatus W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002 (Santa Cruz pupfish)
• Cyprinodon atrorus
  R. R. Miller, 1968 (Bolson pupfish)
• Cyprinodon bifasciatus
  R. R. Miller, 1968 (Cuatro Cienegas pupfish)
• Cyprinodon eremus
  R. R. Miller & Fuiman, 1987 (Sonoyta pupfish)
• Cyprinodon fontinalis
  M. L. Smith & R. R. Miller, 1980 (Carbonera pupfish)
• Cyprinodon labiosus
  Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Thicklip pupfish)
• Cyprinodon laciniatus C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1942 (Bahama pupfish)
• Cyprinodon macrolepis
  R. R. Miller, 1976 (Largescale pupfish)
• Cyprinodon maya
  Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Maya pupfish)
• Cyprinodon meeki
  R. R. Miller, 1976 (Mezquital pupfish)
• Cyprinodon nazas
  R. R. Miller, 1976 (Nazas pupfish)
• Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae
  R. R. Miller, 1948 (Amargosa River pupfish)
• †Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae R. R. Miller, 1948 (Tecopa pupfish)
• Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes R. R. Miller, 1948 (Ash Meadows pupfish)
• Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis R. R. Miller, 1948 (Warm Springs pupfish)
• Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone
  R. R. Miller, 1948 (Shoshone pupfish)
• Cyprinodon pisteri R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 2002 (Palomas pupfish)
• Cyprinodon radiosus
  R. R. Miller, 1948 (Owens pupfish)
• Cyprinodon salinus
  R. R. Miller, 1943
• Cyprinodon salinus salinus
  R. R. Miller, 1943 (Death Valley pupfish, Salt Creek pupfish)
• Cyprinodon simus
  Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981 (Boxer pupfish)
• Cyprinodon tularosa
  R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975 (White Sands pupfish)
• Xiphophorus gordoni Miller and W. L. Minckley 1963

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Robert Rush Miller

Selected publications

• Miller, Robert R. and Minckley, W. L. (1963) "Xiphophorus gordoni, A New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" Copeia 1963(3): pp. 538–546
• Lagler, Karl Frank; Bardach, John E. and Miller, Robert Rush (1962) Ichthyology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, OCLC 61070182 (textbook)
• Miller, Robert Rush, Wendell L. Minckley, and Steven Mark Norris. Freshwater fishes of Mexico. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
• Hubbs, C. L., and R. R. Miller. 1948. The Great Basin with emphasis on glacial and postglacial times. II. The zoological evidence. Univ. Utah Bull. 38:17-166
• Miller, Robert Rush. Man and the changing fish fauna of the American Southwest. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1961.
• Miller, R.R. 1972. Threatened Freshwater Fishes of the United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101, 239–252.

References

• Smith, G. R. (2004) "Biography of Dr Robert "Bob" Miller" Desert Fishes Council
• Frances M. Cashner, Gerald R. Smith, and Robert C. Cashner (2003) Robert Rush Miller and Frances Hubbs Miller, 2003 Copeia Vol. 2003, pp. 910–916.