Solomon Markovich Herzenstein (; 1854 – August 7, 1894) was a Russian zoologist.
Biography
Herzenstein received a degree in natural sciences and mathematics from
St. Petersburg University
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and was appointed as the custodian of the
Zoological Museum of the
Imperial Academy of Science in 1879 or 1880. He also supervised practical training at the
University for Women. In 1880, 1884, and 1887, he was commissioned to travel to the
Murman Coast
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of the
Kola Peninsula
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to study the mollusks and fishes there.
His work, "Materialy k Faunye Murmanskavo Berega i Byelavo Morya," which was published in the ''Trudy'' of the in 1885, became a standard reference. He co-wrote ''Zamyetki po Ikhtologii Basseina Ryeki Amura'' (1887) and ''Nauchnye Rezultaty Puteshestvi Przevalskavo'' (1888–91) with N. L. Varpakhovski. He also wrote ''Ryby'' (St. Petersburg, 1888-91), and published "Ichthyologische Bemerkungen" in the ' (1890-92).
Species described
* ''
Acanthogobio guentheri''
(Herzenstein, 1892)
* ''
Gymnocypris potanini''
(Herzenstein, 1891)
* ''
Triplophysa alticeps''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa brachyptera''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa brevicauda''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa chondrostoma''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa crassicauda''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa incipiens''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa leptosoma''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa macropterus''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa orientalis''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa scleroptera''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa siluroides''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
* ''
Triplophysa stenura
''Triplophysa stenura'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Triplophysa''. It lives in swift-flowing streams and is known from the Upper Yangtze, Upper Mekong, Upper Salween and Upper Brahmaputra river drainages in China and Vietnam. W ...
''
(Herzenstein, 1888)
Tribute
* ''
Gnathopogon herzensteini''
( Günther, 1896) was probably named in honor of Herzenstein, who named an ''
Acanthogobio'' after
Günther in 1892.
* ''
Asprocottus herzensteini
Herzenstein's rough sculpin (''Asprocottus herzensteini'') is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These sculpins are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. It was described by Lev Berg in 1906.Berg, L ...
''
( L. S. Berg, 1906), the Herzenstein's rough sculpin.
References
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1854 births
1894 deaths
19th-century Jews from the Russian Empire
Zoologists from the Russian Empire
Ichthyologists from the Russian Empire
Scientists from Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg State University alumni