Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.

He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834. From 1840 to 1849 he was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.

Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology.

Taxon named in his honor A few of the species that contain his name are Troschel's sea star (Evasterias troschelii), Troschel's murex (Murex troschelii), and a freshwater snail (Bithynia troschelii).

Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.