Charles Roux (biologist)
Charles Roux (born 1920, died c. 2000) was a French marine biologist who was the research director at the Centre oceanographique de Pointe-Noire in the French Congo and in 1987 became a professor and deputy director at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. He attained his doctorate award in 1982 and was the author of a number of papers and books, notably co-writing Ocean Dwellers (Nature's hidden world) with Yves Verbreek.[1] He was one of the six founders of the Société Française d’Ichtyologie in 1976, along with Marie-Louise Bauchot, Jacques Daget, Jean-Claude Hureau, Théodore Monod and Yves Plessis.[2]
Legacy
The following species have a specific name which honours Roux:
- Enteromius rouxi (Daget 1961)[3]
- Sardinella rouxi Poll, 1953[4]
References
- ^ Michael Watkins; Bo Beolens (2015). Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1907807942.
- ^ "History of the French Ichthyological Society and of the journal Cybium". French Ichthyological Society. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius rouxi". FishBase. February 2022 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sardinella rouxi". FishBase. February 2022 version.
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