Bruce Baden Collette (born March 13, 1934) is an American

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

Biography

He was born on March 13, 1934, in

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. He is the son of Raymond Hill Collette and Agnes Hellen (Lavsen) Collette.

Publications

* ''The diversity of fishes : biology, evolution, and ecology'' (with Gene S. Helfman and Douglas E. Facey); Malden (Mass.) : Blackwell science, cop. 2009. * ''Results of the Tektite Program: ecology of coral reef fishes'' (with Sylvia Alice Earle); Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, 1972.Results of the Tektite Program
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Taxon named in his honor

*The creole darter (''Etheostoma collettei'') was named in his honour in 1969, *The

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genus ''

Colletteichthys ''Colletteichthys'' is a genus of Batrachoididae, toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The genus, generic name is a compound of the surname Collette (surname), Collette, in honour of the United States, American Ichthyology, ichthyologist ...

'' was named in 2006 in his honour too.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Bruce Baden Collette

References

1934 births Living people American ichthyologists Cornell University alumni {{US-zoologist-stub