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W.A. Gosline

American ichthyologist · 1915–2002

377 specimens, collected between 1948 and 1970 on 79 collecting days.

On the labels as W.A. Gosline, Gosline.

Specimens
377
Type specimens
21
Years in the field
23
Islands
13
Species
198
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Journeys

2 collecting journeys read off the dates and places on the labels — the stops in order, the specimens from each, and who else was there. All journeys →

Specimens by decade

1940s1970s

Earliest: Anampses cuvier, 1948 (Oʻahu). Latest: Arothron meleagris, 1970.

Named for Gosline

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Gosline. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.