Most prolific killifish taxonomists

33 poeple have described 262 out of the total of 1047 species
(of which 676 are valid today)

AUTHOR TOTAL VALID
Ahl 72 23
Radda 63 56
Huber 49 47
Costa 49 43
Boulenger 46 36
Berkenkamp 39 33
Myers 32 21
Miller 29 28
Valenciennes 25 13
Fowler 22 5
Scheel 21 17
Etzel 20 14
Pellegrin 19 9
Wildekamp 19 19
Aksiray 17 0
Girard 17 9
Poll 17 14
AUTHOR TOTAL VALID
Jordan 16 8
Brasil 16 15
Meinken 16 7
Seegers 16 13
Garman 14 9
Günther 14 11
Parenti 14 14
Steindachner 13 7
Hubbs 12 10
Tchernavin 12 10
Eigenmann 11 11
Clausen 11 4
Lambert 11 7
Thomerson 11 11
Pürzl 10 10
Gilbert 10 5

Courtesy of J.H. Huber: Killi-Data 1996 Société française d'Ichtyologie, M.N.H.N., Paris, France.







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