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Richard L. Pyle

collected 1928–2024

1,207 specimens, collected between 1928 and 2024 on 189 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 394 specimens for others.

On the labels as R.L. Pyle, R. Pyle, R.M. Pyle, Pyle, R., R L Pyle, Richard L. Pyle, Robert M. Pyle, R. L. Pyle and 1 more.

Specimens
1,207
Type specimens
82
Years in the field
97
Islands
50
Species
642
Identifications
394
In the Library
20
Named after
0

Where Pyle collected

Specimens by decade

1920s2020s

Earliest: Trimma bathum, 1928 (Viti Levu). Latest: Halimeda, 2024.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

  1. 2024

    The birds of North Halawa Valley

    Preston, D.J., R. Pyle, F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies

    Museum research publication

  2. 2023

    Widespread support for a global species list with a formal governance system

    Lien, A.M., O. Banki, S.K. Barik, J.S. Buckeridge, L. Christidis, M.M. Cigliano, S. Conix, M.J. Costello, D. Hobern, P.M. Kirk, A. Kroh, N. Montgomery, S. Nikolaeva, T.M. Orrell, R.L. Pyle, L. Raz, K. Thiele, S.A. Thomson, P.P. van Dijk, N. Wambiji, A. Whalen, F.E. Zachos, Z.-Q. Zhang, and S.T. Garnett · Proceedings of the United States National Academy of Sciences

    Museum research publication

  3. 2023

    John Ernst Randall (1924-2020)

    Myers, R.F., R.L. Pyle, T.J. Donaldson, and G.C. Fiedler · Micronesica

    Museum research publication

  4. 2023

    Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice

    Rheindt, F.E., P. Bouchard, R.L. Pyle, E.W. Aescht, S.T. Ahyong, A. Ballerio, T. Bourgoin, L.M.P. Ceríaco, D. Dmitriev, N.L. Evenhuis, M.J. Grygier, M.J. Harvey, M. Kottelat, N. Kluge, F.-T. Krell, S.O. Kullander, P. Lucinda, H.C. Lyal, C.L. Scioscia, D. Whitmore, D. Yanega, Z.Q. Zhang, H.Z. Zhou, and T. Pape · PLOS Biology

    Museum research publication

  5. 2023

  6. 2022

    The Habitat Persistence Hypothesis: A New Perspective on the Distribution of Coral-Reef Organisms

    Copus, J.M., Pyle, R.L., Bowen, B.W., Kosaki, R.K. & Webster, J.M. · Frontiers in Biogeography: in press.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  7. 2022

    Phylogeography of mesophotic coral ecosystems: squirrelfish and soldierfish (Holocentriformes: Holocentridae)

    Copus, J.M., C.A.J. Walsh, M.L. Hoban, A.M. Lee, R.L. Pyle, R.K. Kosaki, R.J. Toonen, and B.W. Bowen · Diversity

    Museum research publication

  8. 2022

    MaterialSample and its properties

    Mayfield‐Meyer, T.J., S.J. Baskauf, D. Endresen, C. Bölling, J. Wieczorek, R.L. Pyle, and J. Buschbom · Biodiversity Information Science and Standards

    Museum research publication

  9. 2022

    Modeling taxon concepts: A new approach to an old problem

    Pyle, R.L., N. Bailly, and D. Remsen · Biodiversity Information Science and Standards

    Museum research publication

  10. 2022

    The Habitat Persistence Hypothesis: a new perspective on the distribution of coral‐reef organisms

    Copus, J.M., R.L. Pyle, B.W. Bowen, R.K. Kosaki, and J.M. Webster · Frontiers of Biogeography

    Museum research publication

  11. 2022

    An introduction to scientific names of organisms, and the taxon concepts they represent

    Pyle, R.L. · Biodiversity Information Science and Standards

    Museum research publication

  12. 2019

    The Hawaiian Archipelago, p

    Spalding, H.L., Copus, J.M., Bowen, B.W., Kosaki, R.K., Longenecker, K., Montgomery, A.D., Padilla-Gamiño, J.L., Parrish, F.A., Roth, M.S., Rowley, S.J., Toonen, R.J. and Pyle, R.L. · 445‒464. In Loya, Y., Puglise, K.A. & Bridge, T.C.L. (Eds.), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World, Springer Nature Switzerland A.G., 1003 pp.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  13. 2016

    Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago

    Pyle, R.L. & Kosaki, R.K. · ZooKeys 614: 137-142.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  14. 2016

    Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes: Percoidei: Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    Pyle, R.L., Greene, B.D. & Kosaki, R.K. · ZooKeys: in press.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  15. 2012

    Surveying for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i: synthesis report

    Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Pyle, R. · Prepared for EKNA Services, Inc. and Hawaii State Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Honolulu. Bishop Museum Technical Report 58, 215 pp.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  16. 2004

    Status and occurrence of migratory birds in the Hawaiian Islands: Part 1 -- Anseriformes: Anatidae (waterfowl)

    Engilis, A, Jr., Pyle, R.L. & David, R.E. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 81, 28 p

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  17. 1997

    Biodiversity of marine communities in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced exotic species

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge, J.T. Carlton, R.L. Pyle, & A. Suzumoto · Bishop Mus. Tech. Rep. 10

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  18. 1995

    The birds of Hawaii, p

    Pyle, Robert L. · 372-75. In: In: LaRoe, E.T. et al., eds., Our living resources 1994. U.S. Department of Interior. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  19. 1995

    Pacific reef and shore fishes, p.205-38

    Pyle, Richard L. · In: Maragos, J.E. et al., Marine and coastal biodiversity of the tropical island Pacific region. Volume 1. Species systematics and information management. Program on Environment, East-West Center, Honolulu.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

  20. 1994

    First record of the chaetodontid genus Prognathodes from the Hawaiian Islands

    Pyle, Richard L. & Chave, E.H. · Pacific Science 48(1): 90-93.

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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From the field

HalimedaCeratodictyonincertae sedisPeperomia macraeanaChromis brevirostrisMelicope clusiifoliaHalimedaceaeChromis abyssusCeratodictyonCroisetteaHalimedaChloeia flava

As a determiner

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