Springer, Victor (1928-2022)
Former Curator of Fishes
Springer, Victor (1928-2022)
Former Curator of Fishes
Systematics, zoogeography, anatomy,of tropical marine fishes
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Emory University
- M.S., University of Miami
- Ph.D., University of Texas Austin
Awards And Honors
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2015
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2014
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum, 2013
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2012
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2011
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2010
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2009
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2008
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2007
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2006
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum , 2005
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum, 2004
- Distinguished Associate In Science, conferred by Bishop Museum, 2003
Publications
Selected Publications
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Academic Article
- Pacific Plate biogeography, with special reference to shorefishes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-182.
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Article
- Attaran-Farimani, Gilan, Estekani, Sanaz, Springer, Victor G., Crimmen, Oliver, Johnson, G. David, and Baldwin, Carole C. 2016. "Validation of the synonymy of the teleost blenniid fish species Salarias phantasticus Boulenger 1897 and Salarias anomalus Regan 1905 with Ecsenius pulcher (Murray 1887) based on DNA barcoding and morphology." Zootaxa, 4072, (2) 171. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.2. 2016
- Springer, Victor G. and Johnson, G. David. 2015. "The Gill-Arch Musculature of Protanguilla , the Morphologically Most Primitive Eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes), Compared with That of Other Putatively Primitive Extant Eels and Other Elopomorphs." Copeia, 103, (3) 595–620. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-14-152. 2015
- Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool." Science, 344, (6186) 814–815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814. 2014
- Maisey, John G. and Springer, Victor G. 2013. "Chondrocranial Morphology of the Salmon Shark, Lamna ditropis, and the Porbeagle, L. nasus (Lamnidae)." Copeia, 2013, (3) 378–389. (Copeia) https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-12-130. 2013
- Springer, Victor G. and Murphy, Kristin A. 2010. "Drawn to the Sea: Charles Bradford Hudson (1865-1939), Artist, Author, Army Officer, with Special Notice of His Work for the United States Fish Commission and Bureau of Fisheries." Marine Fisheries Review, 71, (4) 1–116. 2010
- Hastings, Philip A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. "Recognizing diversity in blennioid fish nomenclature (Teleostei: Blennioidei)." Zootaxa, (2120) 3–14. 2009
- Springer, Victor G. and Smith-Vaniz, William F. 2008. "Supraneural and pterygiophore insertion patterns in carangid fishes, with description of a new Eocene carangid tribe, Paratrachinotini, and a survey of anterior anal-fin pterygiophore insertion patterns in Acanthomorpha." Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 16 1–74. 2008
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-27. 1997
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-38. 1996
- Additions to revisions of the blenniid fish genera Ecsenius and Entomacrodus, with descriptions of three new species of Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-13.
- Anisochromis straussi, new species of protogynous hermaphroditic fish, and synonymy of Anisochromidae, Pseudoplesiopidae, and Pseudochromidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-15.
- Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-19.
- Clinid fishes of Chile and Peru, with description of a new species, Myxodes ornatus, from Chile. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-24.
- Five new species and a new genus of Indian Ocean blenniid fishes, tribe Salariini, with a key to genera of the tribe. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-20.
- Four new species of the fish genus Ecsenius with notes on other species of the genus (Blenniidae, Salariini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-27.
- Mimetic relationships involving fishes of the family Blenniidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-36.
- Review of Stathmonotus, with redefinition and phylogenetic analysis of the Chaenopsidae (Teleostei:Blennioidei). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-48.
- Revision of the blenniid fish genus Omobranchus, with descriptions of three new species and notes on other species of the tribe Omobranchini. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-135.
- Revision of the clinid fish tribe Ophiclinini, including five new species, and definition of the family Clinidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-31.
- Revision of the fish genus Ecsenius (Blenniidae, Blenniinae, Salariini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-74.
- Study of the monotypic fish family Pholidichthyidae (Perciformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-43.
- Synonymization of the family Oxudercidae, with comments on the identity of Apocryptes cantoris Day (Pisces, Gobiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-14.
- Synonymy of the fish families Cheilobranchidae (=Alabetidae) and Gobiesocidae : with descriptions of two new species of Alabes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-23.
- Synopsis of the tribe Omobranchini with descriptions of three new genera and two new species (Pisces: Blenniidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-31.
- Synopsis of the tribe Salariini, with description of five new genera and three new species (Pisces: Blenniidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-72.
- The Indo-Pacific blenniid fish genus Ecsenius. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-134.
- Tyson belos, new genus and species of Western Pacific fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae) : with discussions of Gobioid osteology and classification. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-40.
- Variation in the western Atlantic clinid fish Malacoctenus triangulatus : with a revised key to the Atlantic species of Malacoctenus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-11.
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Chapter
- Springer, Victor G. 2011. "Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod, Contributions to Ichthyology." In Discus. Axelrod, H. R. and Degen, B., editors. 20–27. Germany: Degen Mediahouse Gmbh. 2011
- Patzner, R. A., Hastings, P. A., Springer, Victor G., Wirtz, P., and Gonçalves, E. J. 2009. "List of valid species of blennies." In The Biology of Blennies. Patzner, R. A.,, Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A., and Kapoor, B. G., editors. 443–473. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers. 2009
- Hastings, P. A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. "Systematics of the Blenniidae (Blennioidei)." In The Biology of the Blennies. Patzner, R. A., Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A., and Kapoor, B. G., editors. 69–91. Enfield, New Hamspshire: Science Publishers. 2009
- Hastings, P. A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. "Systematics of the Blennioidei and the included families Chaenopsidae, Clinidae, Labrisomidae and Dactyloscopidae." In The Biology of the Blennies. Patzner, R. A., Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A., and Kapoor, B. G., editors. 3–30. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers. 2009
Affiliation
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
