Henry Weed Fowler

Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.

He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940, and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965.

Expedition From 1936–1937, he took part in the Second Bolivian Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936–1937.

Death He died in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Publications The Fishes of Oceania (1928–1974) A study of the fishes of the southern Piedmont and coastal plain (1945) The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli, and Ostarophysi[sic] obtained by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine islands and adjacent seas (1941) The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters (1928) The fishes of the families Amiidae, Chandidae, Duleidae, and Serranidae : obtained by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine islands and adjacent seas (1930) The fishes of the families Pseudochromidae, Lobotidae, Pempheridae, Priacanthidae, Lutjanidae, Pomadasyidae, and Teraponidae, collected by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters (1931) The fishes of the families Banjosidae, Lethrinidae, Sparidae, Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Oplegnathidae, Gerridae, Mullidae, Emmelichthyidae, Sciaenidae, Sillaginidae, Arripidae, and Enoplosidae : collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters (1933) The fishes of the series Capriformes, Ephippiformes, and Squamipennes, collected by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters (1929–1962) The fishes of the George Vanderbilt south Pacific expedition, 1937 (1938) Archaeological fishbones collected by E.W. Gifford in Fiji (1955) Fishes of the Red Sea and southern Arabia (1956) Descriptions and figures of new fishes obtained in Philippine seas and adjacent waters by the United States Bureau of fisheries steamer "Albatross," (1943) Fishes of Fiji (1959) Fishes of Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, and Tahiti (1925) Fishes of the tropical central Pacific (1927) A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene formations of New Jersey (1911) The marine fishes of West Africa : based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915 (1936) Fishes of Hawaii, Johnston Islands, and Wake Island (1925) The fishes of New Jersey (1906)

Taxa named in his honor The catfish Harttia fowleri (Pellegrin, 1908)

Ophichthus fowleri, also known as the Fowler's snake eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae.

Taxa described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler