Bruce Baden Collette

Bruce Baden Collette (born 1934[1]) is an American ichthyologist.

Bruce Baden Collette
Born1934 (age 86–87)
 United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
Scientific career
FieldsIchthyology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Collette

Publications
  • The diversity of fishes : biology, evolution, and ecology (with Gene S. Helfman and Douglas E. Facey); Malden (Mass.) : Blackwell science, cop. 2009.[2]
  • Results of the Tektite Program: ecology of coral reef fishes (with Sylvia Alice Earle); Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County, 1972.[3]

Trivia

The creole darter (Etheostoma collettei) was named in his honour in 1969,[4] while the toadfish genus Colletteichthys was named in 2006 in his honour too.[5]

References
  1. Bruce Baden Collette
  2. The diversity of fishes - WorldCat
  3. Results of the Tektite Program - WorldCat
  4. Birdsong, R. S.; L. W. Knapp (1969). "Etheostoma collettei a new darter of the subgenus Oligocephalus from Louisiana and Arkansas". Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. 15 (3): 106–112.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (10 October 2019). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2020.


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