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K.E. Carpenter

American ichthyologist · 1956–2026

291 specimens, collected between 1977 and 2007 on 73 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 4 specimens for others.

On the labels as K.E. Carpenter, K. E. Carpenter, K Carpenter.

Specimens
291
Type specimens
31
Years in the field
31
Islands
19
Species
162
Identifications
4
In the Library
0
Named after
11

Where Carpenter collected

Specimens by decade

1970s2000s

Earliest: Cirrhilabrus temminckii, 1977 (Luzon). Latest: Plectorhinchus pictus, 2007.

Named for Carpenter

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Carpenter. 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

4 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: