Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz

Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz (3 July 1910 – 10 December 1941) was a Soviet Russian ichthyologist, notable for his contribution to the study of ichthyofauna of the North Pacific and Far Eastern seas of Russia.

Notable dates

Spring 1929 - Graduated from the Vladivostok Industrial College (now Vladivostok Shipbuilding College) and became Spring 1929 - Observer in the raw materials sector of the Pacific Fisheries Research Center (TINRO-Center, part of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) 1932 – Marine Researcher, TIRH Complex Pacific Expedition of the State Hydrological Institute and the Pacific Committee of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1933 – Started work at the Leningrad Zoological Institute 1934 – Defended his thesis on "Freshwater fish of the North-Western basin in the Sea of Japan" 1934 – Participated in the expedition to Sahalin 1939 – Leader of a group for the study of salmon Beginning of 1941 – Editor of the Guide to the fishing industry of the Far East November 10, 1941 – Drafted into the army December 1941 – His echelon is destroyed by enemy aircraft

Selected publications

List of taxa named in honour of A.Y. Taranetz

Chordata Arhynchobatidae: Rhinoraja taranetzi (Dolganov, 1983) Salmonidae: Salvelinus taranetzi (Kaganowsky, 1955) Zoarcidae: Taranetzella lyoderma (Andriashev, 1952) Cottidae: Radulinopsis taranetzi (Yabe & Maruyama, 2001)

Fish Bathylutichthys taranetzi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova 1990 Gymnogobius taranetzi (Pinchuk 1978) Radulinopsis taranetzi Yabe & Maruyama 2001 Bathyraja taranetzi (Dolganov 1983) Salvelinus taranetzi Kaganowsky 1955

Taxon described by him

References and bibliography