Thomas H. Fraser

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Thomas Henry Fraser is an ichthyologist and expert in cardinalfishes. According to the Australian Museum website, "He is a world expert on the taxonomy of Cardinalfishes." [1] The combtooth blennies Dodekablennos fraseri and Meiacanthus fraseri were named in honour of Fraser. [2]

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References

  1. "Dr Tom Fraser". Australianmuseum.net.au. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 April 2019.