Charles Tate Regan is a British ichthyologist who worked in the early 20th century mainly on the classification of fish.
| Charles Tate Regan | |
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| English Charles Tate Regan | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Sherborn dorset |
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| Scientific field | ichthyology |
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| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Regan " . |
Born in Sherborne , Dorset ; studied at School and Queens College , University of Cambridge . In 1901 he was admitted to the Museum of Natural History , where he became the keeper of the zoology department, and later the director of the museum (1927-1938).
Regan was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1917.
Charles Regan led the work of a number of young scientists. Among them was Ethelwynn Trewavas ( Eng. Ethelwynn Trewavas ), who continued to work in the Museum of Natural History .
A number of fish were named regani in honor of Charles Regan:
- Anadoras regani
- Apistogramma regani
- Apogon regani
- Astroblepus regani
- Callionymus regani
- Cetostoma regani
- Crenicichla regani
- Diaphus regani
- Engyprosopon regani
- Gambusia regani
- Hemipsilichthys regani
- Holohalaelurus regani
- Hoplichthys regani
- Hypostomus regani
- Julidochromis regani
- Lycozoarces regani
- Neosalanx regani
- Symphurus regani
- Trichomycterus regani
- Tylochromis regani
- Vieja regani
- Zebrias regani
Literature
- Charles Tate Regan, 1878-1943 by RH Burne and JR Norman in Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society , volume 4, number 12 (November, 1943), pp. 411-426
- Regan, CT (1908) "A revision of the British and Irish fishes of the genus Coregonus " Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2, 482-490
- Regan, CT (1911) The Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles Methuen & Co. Ltd .: London