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V.G. Springer
U.S. biologist and ichthyologist · 1928–2022
154 specimens, collected between 1966 and 1986 on 64 collecting days. Identified 6 specimens for others.
- Specimens
- 154
- Type specimens
- 26
- Years in the field
- 21
- Islands
- 40
- Species
- 105
- Identifications
- 6
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 8
Where Springer collected
Specimens by decade
1960s1980s
Earliest: Amphiprion akindynos, 1966 (One Tree). Latest: Halichoeres trimaculatus, 1986.
Named for Springer
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Springer. 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
6 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often:
