James Erwin Böhlke

American ichthyologist

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 Category:Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke

Taxon named in his honor

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

References

^ "History of Academy Ichthyology". Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Böhlke Endowment". Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ 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. doi:10.2307/1442237. JSTOR 1442237.