| LC control no. | no2011086242 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Taphorn, Donald C. (Donald Charles), 1951- |
| Birth date | 19510908 |
| Place of birth | Belleville, Ill. |
| Affiliation | Universidad del Zulia Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales "Ezequiel Zamora" Programa de Recursos Naturales Renovables Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales "Ezequiel Zamora" Museo de Ciencias Naturales |
| Profession or occupation | ichthyologist |
| Found in | Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma, a new species of Venezuelan catfish (Pisces, Aspredinidae), c1990: title page (Donald C. Taphorn, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Guanare, Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora, Programa de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Guanare, Portiguesa, Venezuela) Aquatic-Experts, via WWW, June 1, 2011 (Prof. Donald Charles Taphorn; born September 8, 1951 in Belleville, Illinois to Donald Clement Taphorn and Shirley Jean Baechle; B.S., Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1972; Masters Degree, University of Florida at Gainesville, 1976; Ph. D., University of Florida, 1990; worked as a researcher for the Venezuelan ministry of the environment in a biological control project that attempted to use fish as predators to control malaria vectors; taught systematic ichthyology at the University of Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela; became a faculty member of the Environmental Engineering Department at UNELLEZ (the University of the Western Llanos) in Guanare, Portuguesa State, Venezuela in 1978, where he founded a Natural History Museum and the Fish Collection, of which he remains curator; has promoted research in Venezuelan aquatic communities and fishes; has published over 100 scientific papers, mostly in the field of taxonomy of freshwater Venezuelan fishes, as well as the impact of man's activities on aquatic ecosystems; retired in 2007 and is now living in the U.S. but remains active in Ichthyology) |
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