James Erwin Böhlke Explained

James Erwin Böhlke (1930–1982) was an American ichthyologist. From 1954 to 1982, he was curator of the Department of Ichthyology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (today the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University).

He published over 120 papers on diverse groups of fishes and topics,^[1] primarily in his areas of expertise, fishes of the Bahamas, Caribbean, and South America.^[2]

His wife Eugenia (Genie) Brandt Böhlke (1928–2001) was also a noted ichthyologist. The serranid fish genus Jeboehlkia is named in his honour,^[3]

Taxon described by him

• See

Taxon named in his honor

• The Sand Stargazer Dactyloscopus boehlkei C. E. Dawson, 1982

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Academy Ichthyology . Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University . 3 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220025445/http://www.ansp.org/research/systematics-evolution/history/ichthyology/ . 20 December 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Böhlke Endowment . Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University . 3 January 2014.
3. C. Richard Robins . 1967 . The Status of the Serranid Fish Liopropoma aberrans, with the Description of a New, Apparently Related Genus . Copeia . 1967 . 3 . 591–595. 10.2307/1442237 . 1442237 .