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David Humphreys Storer

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He identified numerous fish species and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872.

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.

Physician and anti-abortion activist Horatio Storer (1830–1922) and chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and dean of the Bussey Institution at Harvard University Francis Humphreys Storer (1832-1914) are his sons.

Species descriptions

Among the fish he described are:

  • The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
  • The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
  • The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
  • The northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
  • The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)
  • The ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
  • The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
  • The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus), sometimes called a ghostfish
  • The blackspotted topminnow, (Fundulus olivaceus)

He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake

  • Category:Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer

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