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William F. Smith-Vaniz
collected 1969–1987
221 specimens, collected between 1969 and 1987 on 39 collecting days. Identified 3 specimens for others.
- Specimens
- 221
- Type specimens
- 18
- Years in the field
- 19
- Islands
- 14
- Species
- 199
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Smith-Vaniz collected
Specimens by decade
1960s1980s
Earliest: Scorpaenodes evides, 1969 (Oʻahu). Latest: Helcogramma aquila, 1987.
Named for Smith-Vaniz
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Smith-Vaniz. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
As a determiner
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: