George Sprague Myers (February 2, 1905 – November 4, 1985) was an American ichthyologist who spent most of his career at Stanford University . He served as the editor of Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin as well as president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists . Myers was also head of the Division of Fishes at the United States National Museum , and held a position as an ichthyologist for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service . He was also an advisor in fisheries and ichthyology to the Brazilian Government .
19-535: Subfamily Adrianichthyinae Weber, 1913 Subfamily Oryziinae Myers , 1938 The ricefishes are a family ( Adrianichthyidae ) of small ray-finned fish that are found in fresh and brackish waters from India to Japan and out into the Malay Archipelago , most notably Sulawesi (where the Lake Poso and Lore Lindu species are known as buntingi ). The common name ricefish derives from
38-478: A biologist in the U.S. Navy's 1947 Bikini Scientific Resurvey. Myers worked closely with fellow ichthyologist and Stanford Natural History Museum curator, Margaret Hamilton Storey . In the scientific field of herpetology his major interest was amphibians. This article about an American zoologist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . William T. Innes William Thornton Innes III , L.H.D. (February 2, 1874 – February 27, 1969)
57-423: A trio of harlequin rasboras stamped in 14k gold. Other books for which he served as author, publisher, principal photographer and printer include Goldfish Varieties and Tropical Aquarium Fishes (1917) which ran through fifteen editions by 1935; The Modern Aquarium (1929); Your Aquarium (1945); Goldfish Varieties and Water Gardens (1947); and Aquarium Highlights (1951). Dr. Myers, who first described
76-418: The black-winged hatchetfish ( Carnegiella marthae ), the ram cichlid ( Microgeophagus ramirezi ) and, most notably, the neon tetra . He also erected the genera Aphyosemion and Fundulopanchax , which include dozens of widely kept killifish species. He is perhaps best known to aquarists for his collaborations with William T. Innes who wrote the classic book Exotic Aquarium Fishes . Myers served as
95-460: The neon tetra , had named that fish Hyphessobrycon innesi in honor of Innes. This popular aquarium species was later moved to the genus Paracheirodon and is now known as Paracheirodon innesi . The neon tetra is perhaps the best-known of several fish species that have been named in honor of this pioneer in the aquarium hobby. A water lily cultivar of the genus Nymphaea has also been named in his honor. Temple University conferred upon him
114-746: The order Cyprinodontiformes but in the 1980s workers showed that they were a monophyletic grouping, mainly based on the characters on the bones of the gill arches and the hyoid apparatus, within the Beloniformes as the family Adrianichthyidae, this family making up one of the three suborders of the Beloniformes, the Adrianichthyoidei. Since then some workers have placed them in the Cyprinodontiformes but more recently molecular studies have supported their placement in
133-470: The Beloniformes. Ricefish are believed to have been kept as aquarium fishes since the 17th century. The Japanese ricefish was one of the first species to be kept and it has been bred into a golden color, from their original white coloring. As with most fish, ricefish typically spawn their eggs, which are fertilised externally . However, some species, including the Japanese ricefish, are known to fertilise
152-570: The Doctorate of Humane Letters in 1951. On the occasion of Dr. Innes's 80th birthday in 1954, Dr. Myers wrote a tribute to him, in the February issue of The Aquarium , referring to William T. Innes as "the best known and most respected aquarist and authority on aquariums in the world. His books, his photographs and his influence on this field have educated millions." An extensive collection of his writings, sketches, photographs and correspondence
171-510: The book, Exotic Aquarium Fishes , which was printed by his family's printing firm in Philadelphia in 1935 and went through nineteen editions. It quickly became the seminal work on the subject and has often been called 'the aquarium bible.' Beautifully produced with many lavish elements by his own printing firm, and written in a simple but elegant and compelling style by Innes alone, the book also included photographs taken by Innes for each of
190-537: The book, other entities published more economical editions identified as the '19th edition, revised.' When Innes failed to renew the copyright of the first edition, Axelrod quickly took advantage of the situation and published a new version of the classic. All of these editions lack the production quality of the original nineteen editions published by Innes, which remain to this day highly collectable and widely used by aquarists. They can be identified by their dark green, 'leatherette' covers and binding, featuring an image of
209-445: The eggs internally, carrying them inside the body as the embryo develops. The female then lays the eggs just before they hatch. Several other species carry their eggs attached to the body between their pelvic fins . George S. Myers He was a prolific writer of papers and books and is well known to aquarists as the man who first described numerous popular aquarium species such as the flame tetra ( Hyphessobrycon flammeus ),
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#1732798218992228-415: The exact species involved, while the largest Oryzias reaches up to 8 cm (3.1 in). Most Oryzias species are less than a half this length, with the smallest being up to only 1.6 cm (0.63 in) long. They have a number of distinctive features, including an unusual structure to the jaw, and the presence of an additional bone in the tail. The Japanese rice fish ( O. latipes ), also known as
247-399: The fact that some species are found in rice paddies . This family consists of about 37 species in two genera (some recognize a third, Xenopoecilus ). Several species are rare and threatened , and some 2–4 may already be extinct . Most of these species are quite small, making them of interest for aquaria . Adrianichthys reach lengths of 8.5–17.1 cm (3.3–6.7 in) depending on
266-479: The fish species. He had decided that the Kodachrome film of the day required too much light and did not accurately show the true colors of various fishes. Instead, he shot black-and-white photographs that were hand-painted, test-printed, and then repainted to fine-tune the color for publication. These color plates, considered works of art by many, became the object of an infamous lawsuit some years later. Dr Innes
285-564: The medaka, is a popular model organism used in research in developmental biology . This species has traveled into space , where they have the distinction of being the first vertebrate to mate and produce healthy young in space. Genetic study of the family suggests that it originally evolved on Sulawesi and spread from there to the Asian mainland; the supposed genus Xenopoecilus are apparently unrelated, morphologically divergent species of Oryzias . The ricefish were formerly classified within
304-439: The scientific consultant for this seminal work in the aquarium literature and, after Innes retired, served as the editor for later editions. When Myers described the neon tetra in 1936, he named it Hyphessobrycon innesi in honor of Innes. The species was later moved to the genus Paracheirodon and is now known as Paracheirodon innesi . He was an ichthyologist with the 1938 Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition. He participated as
323-422: The subject of keeping freshwater tropical fishes . The magazine ran monthly for thirty-five years from May 1932 through January 1967. Graduating from Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, he entered the printing concern of his father, in 1895. In 1899 he married Mary Weber Weaver. From the 1920s he organized aquarium shows in Philadelphia's Horticultural Hall. Innes is best remembered as author and publisher of
342-456: Was an American aquarist , author, photographer, printer and publisher. Innes was the author of numerous influential books and hundreds of articles about aquarium fish , aquatic plants and aquarium maintenance during the formative years of the aquarium hobby in America. Born in Philadelphia, he was the founder, publisher and editor of The Aquarium , the first successful national magazine on
361-564: Was shocked to learn that Dr Herbert Axelrod had used these now-famous plates from Exotic Aquarium Fishes in a book produced by his publishing company, TFH Publications . Innes sued. He won the case in 1955, but was awarded only $ 1, plus court costs, since the court could not determine that any monetary damage had been done. Innes held the desire that the book would be updated on a regular basis, even after his death, and collaborated with younger friend and colleague, Dr. George S. Myers , to that end. After Innes Publishing ended its production of
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