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Helen K. Larson is an ichthyologist who specialises in the fishes of the Indo-Pacific. In the 1960s and 1970s, she attended the University of Guam to study for her Bachelor's and master's degrees and while there she also worked in the local Marine Laboratory. While there she collected and described a new species of the dwarf goby from the genus Eviota, Eviota pellucida, the description being published in 1976 in the journal Copeia. This was her first description of a new species. Her Masters was called Notes on the biology and comparative behaviour of Eviota zonura and Eviota smaragdus (Pisces:Gobiidae). She gained a PhD in Zoology from the University of Queensland and her thesis was A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement.

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  • Helen K. Larson ist eine Ichthyologin, die sich auf indo-pazifische Fische spezialisiert hat. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren besuchte sie die Universität von Guam und arbeitete daneben im lokalen Marine Laboratory. Dort sammelte sie eine neue Art der Grundelgattung Eviota und veröffentlichte die Erstbeschreibung 1976 in der Fachzeitschrift Copeia. Ihre Familie verließ Guam und Helen Larson erhielt eine Anstellung als Assistent des Ichthyologen am Australian Museum in Sydney. Ihr zu Ehren wurde beispielsweise eine Gattung Riffgrundeln oder das Zwerg-Nadelpferdchen benannt. (de)
  • Helen K. Larson is an ichthyologist who specialises in the fishes of the Indo-Pacific. In the 1960s and 1970s, she attended the University of Guam to study for her Bachelor's and master's degrees and while there she also worked in the local Marine Laboratory. While there she collected and described a new species of the dwarf goby from the genus Eviota, Eviota pellucida, the description being published in 1976 in the journal Copeia. This was her first description of a new species. Her Masters was called Notes on the biology and comparative behaviour of Eviota zonura and Eviota smaragdus (Pisces:Gobiidae). She gained a PhD in Zoology from the University of Queensland and her thesis was A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. (en)
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  • A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius , and its systematic placement (en)
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  • Helen K. Larson ist eine Ichthyologin, die sich auf indo-pazifische Fische spezialisiert hat. In den 1960er und 1970er Jahren besuchte sie die Universität von Guam und arbeitete daneben im lokalen Marine Laboratory. Dort sammelte sie eine neue Art der Grundelgattung Eviota und veröffentlichte die Erstbeschreibung 1976 in der Fachzeitschrift Copeia. Ihre Familie verließ Guam und Helen Larson erhielt eine Anstellung als Assistent des Ichthyologen am Australian Museum in Sydney. Seit 1981 arbeitete sie am (MAGNT) in Darwin (Northern Territory) als Kuratorin für Fische bis zur Pensionierung im Jahr 2009. Ihr Interesse gilt den indo-pazifischen Fischen, speziell den Grundelartigen (Gobioidei), darunter den Grundeln, den Schläfergrundeln und den Schlammspringern. Helen Larson ist Autorin oder Koautorin von mehr als 120 wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten. Darin beschrieb sie 72 neue Arten und 7 neue Gattungen. Sie arbeitet im Editorial Board der Fachzeitschriften Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters und aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. Ihr zu Ehren wurde beispielsweise eine Gattung Riffgrundeln oder das Zwerg-Nadelpferdchen benannt. (de)
  • Helen K. Larson is an ichthyologist who specialises in the fishes of the Indo-Pacific. In the 1960s and 1970s, she attended the University of Guam to study for her Bachelor's and master's degrees and while there she also worked in the local Marine Laboratory. While there she collected and described a new species of the dwarf goby from the genus Eviota, Eviota pellucida, the description being published in 1976 in the journal Copeia. This was her first description of a new species. Her Masters was called Notes on the biology and comparative behaviour of Eviota zonura and Eviota smaragdus (Pisces:Gobiidae). She gained a PhD in Zoology from the University of Queensland and her thesis was A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. She moved from Guam in 1974 to work with Douglass F. Hoese at the Australian Museum in Sydney as a Technical Officer and in 1981 she took a position as Curator of Fishes at the Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory in Darwin. She held this position until she retired in 2009. Her main interests were in the fishes of the Indo-Pacific, especially the Gobiiformes and she is the author or co-author of over 120 papers. Over the course of her career she has described 72 new species and name 7 new genera. She is on the editorial board of the academic journals Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters and aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. She also reviews papers for a number of other journals. As well as gobies Larson's interests include river sharks, freshwater hardyheads, freshwater grunters, damsel fishes and mackerel emperors, and birdwatching. (en)
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