John Roxborough Norman (1898 – 26 May 1944) was an English ichthyologist who named many species of fish. He is known for his works A History of Fishes (1931) and A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes (1957).
Early life
[edit]John Roxborough Norman was born in 1898.[1]
Career
[edit]Norman started his employment as a clerk in a bank, aged 16.[1]
His lifetime affliction with rheumatic fever began during his military service during the First World War.[1]
He entered the British Museum in 1921, where he worked for Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943).[1] From 1939 to 1944, he was in charge of the Natural History Museum at Tring as the curator of zoology.[1]
Norman was the author of, among others, A History of Fishes (1931) and A Draft Synopsis of the Orders, Families and Genera of Recent Fishes (1957). He followed the tradition of Albert C. L. G. Günther in his work.[1]
Taxon described by him
[edit]Death and legacy
[edit]Norman died on 26 May 1944 of streptococcus and endocarditis.[1]
Taxon named in his honour
[edit]- The fish Acnodon normani Gosline, 1951[2]
- The fish Physiculus normani Brüss, 1986[3]
- The fish Poropanchax normani (Ahl, 1928)[4]
- The mote sculpin Normanichthys crockeri H. W. Clark, 1937[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "John Roxborough Norman". Aldemaro Romero. Archived from the original on 14 September 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (3 February 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 2): Suborder Normanichthyiodei: Family Normanichthyidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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