About James Erwin Böhlke
Lived 1930 – 1982 (aged 51–52). James Erwin Böhlke was an American zoologist, ichthyologist, curator, university teacher and zoological collector.
James Erwin Böhlke (1930–1982) was an American ichthyologist. From 1954 to 1982, he was curator of the Department of Ichthyology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (today the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University).
He published over 120 papers on diverse groups of fishes and topics, primarily in his areas of expertise, fishes of the Bahamas, Caribbean, and South America.
His wife Eugenia (Genie) Brandt Böhlke (1928–2001) was also a noted ichthyologist. The serranid fish genus Jeboehlkia is named in his honour,
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke
Taxon named in his honor The Sand Stargazer Dactyloscopus boehlkei C. E. Dawson, 1982 Monognathus boehlkei is a deep-sea eel inhabiting all oceans at depths up to .
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U.S. ichthyologist (1930–1982)
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James Erwin Böhlke was born in 1930.
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James Erwin Böhlke died in 1982.
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James Erwin Böhlke was a zoologist, ichthyologist, curator, university teacher and zoological collector.
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James Erwin Böhlke was American.
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