Ethelwynn Trewavas

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Ethelwynn Trewavas (born November 5, 1900 in Penzance , Cornwall ; † August 16, 1993 in Reading , Berkshire ) was a British zoologist and ichthyologist who researched in particular the African cichlids ( Pseudocrenilabrinae ).

She studied at the University of Reading from 1917 to 1921 and published her first scientific publication on sea ​​urchins in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association shortly after completing her studies . After completing her studies, she initially worked as a science teacher for the next four years. In 1925 she got a position at King's College London , from then on she was able to devote herself to research and research on various anatomical features of frogs and toads . At King's College she met the ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan , who became her mentor and made her his assistant until she moved to the British Museum of Natural History in 1935 , where she later became assistant curator of zoology.

Regan also piqued her interest in the African cichlids, especially the tilapiini and the mbuna of Lake Malawi . In 1935 Trewavas published a standard work on the cichlids of Lake Malawi, in 1982 another on the tilapiini. In 1939 she traveled to Lake Malawi to catch fish and to research them. Later she undertook research and collecting trips to Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, the crater lakes of Cameroon and described numerous new species. In addition to cichlids, Ethelwynn Trewavas dealt and researched the Umberfishes (Sciaenidae) in particular . In 1961 she retired from professional life.

For her research, she became an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 1946 . In 1968 she was honored with the Linné Medal of the Linnean Society of London and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling in 1986 .

Taxa named after Trewavas

Labeotropheus trewavasae , the genus Labeotropheus was described by Ethelwyn Trewavas, the species Labeotropheus trewavasae named in honor of Trewavas.
Etia nguti , the generic name Etia was given based on Trewava's nickname ET.

Publications (chronological selection)

Ethelwynn Trewavas is the author of more than 120 scientific books, essays and some popular scientific articles on ichthyology, mainly of freshwater fish. In almost all of these publications, over a period of 67 years, she appeared as the sole or lead author.

  • Note on the occurrence of Echinus esculentus above low-tide mark on the Cornish coast . In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1922, Volume 12, pp. 833–834 Online PDF , 800 kB (accessed July 12, 2017)
  • as co-author of Charles Tate Regan: The fishes of the families Astronesthidae and Chauliodontidae (= Oceanographical Reports: The Danish Dana expeditions 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Volume 5) . Copenhagen ( inter alia ): Gyldendal ( inter alia ) 1929, 39 S. ZDB -ID 995785-6
  • as co-author of Charles Tate Regan: The fishes of the families Stomiatidae and Melacosteidae (= Oceanographical Reports: The Danish Dana expeditions 1920-22 in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Panama, Volume 6) . Copenhagen ( inter alia ): Gyldendal ( inter alia ) 1930, 143 S. ZDB -ID 995785-6
  • Enteropneusta . In: British Museum (Natural History) (Ed.): Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929. Scientific Reports, Volume IV . London: British Museum (Natural History) 1931, pp. 39–67 Digitized version http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dscientificreport4193brit~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D(accessed July 12, 2017)
  • as co-author of Charles Tate Regan: Deep sea angler fishes (Ceratioidea) (= Dana-report: the Carlsberg Foundation's oceanographical expedition round the world 1928-30 and previous Dana expeditions, Volume 2) Copenhagen: Reitzel 1932, 113 S. ZDB -ID 995784-4
  • A contribution to the classification of the fishes of the order Apodes, based on the osteology of some rare eels In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1932, Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 639-659 doi : 10.1111 / j. 1096-3642.1932.tb01089.x
  • Scientific results of the Cambridge expedition to the East African lakes, 1930-1931. 11. The cichlid fishes In: Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology 1933, Vol. 38, No. 259, pp. 309-341 doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.1933.tb00062.x
  • A synopsis of the cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa In: Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1935, Series 10, Volume 16, No. 91, pp. 65-118 doi : 10.1080 / 00222933508655026
  • On Barbus wöhlerti sp.n., the "Zwergsichel-Barbe" of German aquarists In: Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1938, Series 11, Volume 2, No. 7, pp. 63-66 doi : 10.1080 / 03745481.1938.9755438
  • with CK Ricardo-Bertram and HJH Borley: Report on the fish and fisheries of Lake Nyasa . London: Crown Agents for the Colonies 1942, 181 p. OCLC 3358923
  • New schilbeid fishes from the Gold Coast, with a synopsis of the African genera . In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1943, Volume B113, pp. 164-171 doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-3642.1943.tb00837.x
  • with Frederick R. Irvine: Freshwater fishes . In: Frederick R. Irvine (Ed.): The Fishes and Fisheries of the Gold Coast . London: Crown Agents for the Colonies 1947, pp. 221-282 OCLC 752432766
  • Fishes of the crater lakes of the northwestern Cameroons . In: Bonner Zoological Contributions 1962, Volume 13, pp. 146–192 Digitized version http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dbonnerzoo131419621963zool~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~doppelseiten%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D(accessed on July 12, 2017)
  • A revision of the genus Serranochromis Regan (Pisces, Cichlidae) . In: Annales de la Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale 1964, No. 125, pp. 1-58 OCLC 355956199
  • Tilapiine fishes of the genera Sarotherodon, Oreochromis and Danakilia . London: British Museum of Natural History 1983, 583 p. Digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dtilapiinefisheso00trew~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D
  • with CDN Barel and 11 other authors: Destruction of fisheries in Africa's lakes . In: Nature 1985, No. 315, pp. 19-20 doi : 10.1038 / 315019a0
  • as co-author of David H. Eccles: Malawian cichlid fishes, the classification of some haplochromine genera . Herten: Lake Fish Movies 1989, 334 S. OCLC 21591580

literature

Eugene K. Balon, Michael N. Bruton and David LG Noakes (eds.): Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honor of ET, Ro and Genie . Dordrecht: Springer Science + Business Media 1994, 456 S. doi : 10.1007 / 978-94-011-0199-8

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Noakes, David LG: Lifetime list of publications by Ethelwynn Trewavas . In: Eugene K. Balon, Michael N. Bruton and David LG Noakes (eds.): Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honor of ET, Ro and Genie , pp. 51-54 doi : 10.1007 / BF02197832
personal data
SURNAME Trewavas, Ethelwynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British zoologist and ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Penzance , Cornwall
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1993
Place of death Reading , Berkshire