Gerald R. Allen

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Gerald Robert "Gerry" Allen (born March 26, 1942 [1] in Los Angeles, California) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. His career began in 1963, when he spent a semester at the University of Hawaii, where he also received a PhD in marine zoology in 1971. [2] In 1972, Allen wrote his doctoral thesis on the systematics and biology of the anemone fish.

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In 1974, he was made curator at the Western Australian Museum in Perth till 1997, where Allen moved to Conservation International, working as a science team leader undertaking coral reef fish surveys in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Philippines until 2003. [3] Allen has written 33 books and about 400 scientific papers. [4] In 2003, he received the K. Radway Allen Award from the Australian Society for Fish Biology for his scientific achievements in fish biology. [5]

He has mapped and analysed the distributions of all Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes. [6] Allen continues to publish scientific papers and is involved in the nonprofit organisation Conservation International, especially for the preservation of biodiversity in the area of Vogelkop Peninsula.

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Cirripectes alleni, the Kimberley blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the eastern Indian Ocean, around Australia. This species reaches a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) TL. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Gerald R. Allen.

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  1. ↑ "Gerald Robert Allen, Born 03/26/1942 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Gerald R. Allen profile". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gerald R. Allen-Member of the Australian Society for Fish Biology". Australian Society for Fish Biology. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Gerald R. Allen". Microcosm Aquarium Explorer. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "K. Radway Allen Award", Australian Society for Fish Biology, official website. Accessed 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Dr Gerald R. Allen". Australian Society for Fish Biology. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PEMPHERIFORMES: Families CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, LEPTOSCOPIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE and BANJOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (i-x)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CARANGIFORMES (part 4): Families SOLEIDAE and CYNOGLOSSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order RAJIFORMES (Skates)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Family SERRANIDAE (part 1)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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