Phil Heemstra Explained

Birth Name:Phil Clarence Heemstra
Birth Date:9 December 1941
Birth Place:Melrose Park, Illinois, United States
Nationality:American/South African
Fields:Ichthyologist
Alma Mater:University of Illinois
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Spouse:Elaine Margaret Heemstra
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Phillip Clarence Heemstra (9 December 1941 – 29 August 2019) was an American-South African ichthyologist. He was born in Melrose Park, Illinois, United States as the son of Clarence William Heemstra and his wife, Lydia (born Epcke). He attended school in Ottawa, Illinois, and completed a B.Sc. Zoology in 1963 at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Illinois, as well as his MSc degree (1968) and doctorate (1974) in marine biology at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. He moved to live in South Africa in 1978.[1]

At the time of his death, Heemstra was a curator emeritus of the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB, formerly the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology). He specialized in ichthyology and marine fish taxonomy.[2]

Career

Heemstra was, among other things, a biologist at the marine laboratory of the U.S. Department of Natural Resources in Florida, and from 1978 to 2001 a curator of fish at J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology in Grahamstown (now the SAIAB).

His work included research on systematics, biology (especially reproduction), zoo-geography and marine fish conservation, a survey of the fish diversity of Southern Africa and the western Indian Ocean, and the identification of marine fish for institutions in South Africa and overseas. He has also been a consultant to numerous publications and the author or co-author of several books, including Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa[3] with Elaine Heemstra. He received many honours from various institutions.

Taxa described by Heemstra

Memberships

He was a member of, among others, the Zoological Society of Southern Africa, the Ichthyological Society of Japan, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the Society of Systematic Biologists.

Taxa named in his honor

Personal life

Heemstra married Elaine Margaret Grant on 15 March 1991; Elaine has a son, Andrew Grant. Phil and his first wife, Valerie, have two daughters, Lydia and Julia.

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Heemstra . Phillip C. . Phil Heemstra . Heemstra . Elaine . Ebert . David A.. Holleman . Wouter . Randall . John E. . John Ernest Randall . Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean . Contributors: Phillip C. Heemstra . 20 March 2023 . 1st . 2022 . . 1 . Makhanda, South Africa . 978-1-990951-28-2 . 121.
  2. Holleman . Wouter . March 2020 . Phillip C. Heemstra (1941–2019): Ichthyologist extraordinaire . South African Journal of Science . 116 . 3/4 . 1–2 . 10.17159/sajs.2020/7812 . 20 March 2023. free .
  3. Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. Phil & Elaine Heemstra. 2004.
  4. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Family SERRANIDAE (part 1) . 26 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  5. Uiblein . Franz . Gouws . Gavin . amp . A new goatfish species of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) based on molecular and morphological screening and subsequent taxonomic analysis . Marine Biology Research . 2014 . 10 . 7 . 655–681 . 10.1080/17451000.2013.850515. 83710235 . free .
  6. Web site: Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder PLATYCEPHALOIDEI: Families BEMBRIDAE, PARABEMBRIDAE, PLATYCEPHALIDAE, HOPLICHTHYIDAE and PLECTROGENIIDAE . 27 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Order PEMPHERIFORMES: Families CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, LEPTOSCOPIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE and BANJOSIDAE . 27 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  8. Web site: Order CARANGIFORMES (part 4): Families SOLEIDAE and CYNOGLOSSIDAE . 28 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  9. Web site: Order SCOMBRIFORMES: Families AMARSIPIDAE, CENTROLOPHIDAE, NOMEIDAE, ARIOMMATIDAE, TETRAGONURIDAE, STROMATEIDAE, ARRIPIDAE, BRAMIDAE, CARISTIIDAE, CHIASMODONTIDAE, POMATOMIDAE and SCOMBROPIDAE . 28 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE and DINEMATICHTHYIDAE . 28 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
  11. Web site: Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families MURAENESOCIDAE, NETTASTOMATIDAE, CONGRIDAE, MORINGUIDAE, CYEMATIDAE, NEOCYEMATIDAE, MONOGNATHIDAE, SACCOPHARYNGIDAE, EURYPHARYNGIDAE, NEMICHTHYIDAE, SERRIVOMERIDAE and ANGUILLIDAE . 28 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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