ichthyologist
Americannoun
plural
ichthyologistsExample Sentences
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He said he’d shared the image with an ichthyologist who had identified it as a juvenile king-of-the-salmon, scientifically known as Trachipterus altivelis, which is part of the ribbonfish family.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
“I’ve never thought about this before,” adds Prosanta Chakrabarty, an ichthyologist at Louisiana State University.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2023
John Pogonoski, an ichthyologist in Australia, wasn’t about to be fooled by any moray eels.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Such a case unfolded recently for the ichthyologist Wilson Costa of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, who has long studied the diversity of killifish inhabiting southeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
From Salon • May 31, 2023
The celebrated Dutch ichthyologist, Dr. Blecker, has given a catalogue of seven hundred and eighty species found at Amboyna, a number almost equal to those of all the seas and rivers of Europe.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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