Ronald Fricke is a German

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 ...

and researcher of

biodiversity Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...

at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. As of 2022, Fricke authored 8 families, 10 genera and 186 species within the

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

of Callionymidae, Gobiesocidae,

Ophichthidae Ophichthidae is a family (biology), family of fish in the order (biology), order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek language, Greek ''ophis'' ("serpent") and ''ichthys'' ("fish"). Snake eels ...

, Tripterygiidae and other families. He is a co-editor of Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes; among his current tasks is the building of a digital ichthyological literature archive.

Publications

See Wikispecies below.

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Ronald Fricke

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Taxon authorities German ichthyologists 21st-century German zoologists Scientists from Stuttgart {{Germany-scientist-stub