Charles Tate Regan (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British

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 ...

, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes. Born in

Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...

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, he was educated at

Derby School Derby School was a school in Derby in the English Midlands from 1160 to 1989. It had an almost continuous history of education of over eight centuries. For most of that time it was a grammar school for boys. The school became co-educational a ...

and

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

and in 1901 joined the staff of the

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, where he became Keeper of Zoology, and later director of the entire museum, in which role he served from 1927 to 1938. Regan was elected Fellow of the

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in 1917. Regan mentored a number of scientists, among them

Ethelwynn Trewavas Ethelwynn Trewavas (5 November 1900 – 16 August 1993) was an ichthyologist at the British Museum of Natural History. She was known for her work on the families Cichlidae and Sciaenidae. She worked with Charles Tate Regan, another ichthy ...

, who continued his work at the British Natural History Museum.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Among the species he described is the

Siamese fighting fish The Siamese fighting fish (''Betta splendens''), commonly known as the betta, is a freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of 76 species of the genus '' Bet ...

(''Betta splendens''). In turn, a number of fish species have been named ''regani'' in his honour:

Taxon named in his honor

*A Thorny Catfish '' Anadoras regani'' (Steindachner, 1908) *The Dwarf Cichlid '' Apistogramma regani'' *'' Apogon regani'' *A Catfish '' Astroblepus regani'' *A Dragonet '' Callionymus regani'' *The Pink Flabby Whalefish '' Cetostoma regani'' *'' Crenicichla regani'' *'' Diaphus regani'' Tåning, 1932, the Regan's lanternfish, is a species of

lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...

found in the

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and

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s. *'' Engyprosopon regani'' *'' Gambusia regani'' Julidochromis regani adult

*'' Hemipsilichthys regani'' *The Izak Catshark '' Holohalaelurus regani'' *'' Hoplichthys regani'' *'' Hypostomus regani'' ( Ihering, 1905) *'' Julidochromis regani'' *'' Lycozoarces regani'' *The Icefish '' Neosalanx regani'' *The Orkney Charr '' Salvelinus inframundus'' *'' Symphurus regani'' *'' Trichomycterus regani'' *'' Tylochromis regani'' *'' Vieja regani'' *'' Zebrias regani''

Taxon described by him

Taxon named in his honor

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