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Spencer W. Tinker
collected 1949–1968
81 specimens, collected between 1949 and 1968 on 8 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 1 specimens for others.
On the labels as Tinker, S.W. Tinker, Spencer W. Tinker, Spencer Tinker, S. Tinker.
- Specimens
- 81
- Type specimens
- 10
- Years in the field
- 20
- Islands
- 4
- Species
- 43
- Identifications
- 1
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 3
Where Tinker collected
Specimens by decade
1940s1960s
Earliest: Macropharyngodon meleagris, 1949 (Bikini Atoll). Latest: Promethichthys, 1968.
Named for Tinker
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Tinker. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
From the field
As a determiner
1 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: