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Carl H. Eigenmann

Germany
last updated on 23-Apr-2024

Carl H. Eigenmann (March 9, 1863 - April 24, 1927) was born in Germany but moved at the age of 14 to the United States, at and within a couple of years he enrolled at the Indiana University, where he studied under David Starr Jordan.

Species described (5):

Heterandria colombianus Eigenmann & Henn, 1912, synonym
Ilyodon paraguayense Eigenmann, 1907, synonym
Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902, synonym
Pomadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, 1918, synonym
Rhamdia parryi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 (Rhamdia), valid

Genera described (2):

Ilyodon Eigenmann, 1907, valid
Xyrauchen Eigenmann & Kirsch, 1889, valid

Publications (10):

Eigenmann, Carl H. & R.S. Eigenmann. 1888. "Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi I". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2). 1:119-172 (ffm00487)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1893. "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Central America and Southern Mexico". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 53-60 (ffm02506)
Eigenmann, Carl H. & W.L. Bray. 1894. "A revision of the American Cichlidae". Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 7(1):607-624 (ffm00570)
Eigenmann, Carl H. & C.H. Kennedy. 1902. "The leptocephalus of the American eel and other American Leptocephali". Bulletin of the U.S. Fish Commission. 21:81-92 (ffm04554)
Eigenmann, Carl H. & C.H. Kennedy. 1903. "On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ffm00070)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1907. "The poeciliid fishes of Rio Grande do Sul and the La Plata Basin". Proceeding of the United States National Museum. 32(1532):425-433 (ffm04529)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1908. "Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 52(6):91-106 (ffm00225)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1910. "Catalogue of the freshwater fishes of tropical and south temperate America.". Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 375-511 (ffm02507)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1912. "Some results from an ichthyological reconnaissance of Colombia, South America. Part I". Indiana University Studies. (16):1-27 (ffm00037)
Eigenmann, Carl H.. 1918. "Eighteen new species of fishes from northwestern South America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 56(7):673-689 (ffm00475)