Arthur Wilbur Henn


Arthur Wilbur Henn,, was an American ichthyologist and herpetologist. Henn succeeded Carl H. Eigenmann to the position of Curator of Fishes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He was the longest-serving Treasurer in the history of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists from 1931 to 1949. He dedicated much of his life to conversation and public education.

Selected taxa author by Henn

Hemigrammus barrigonae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis Eigenmann & Henn, 1914Hyphessobrycon metae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914Neoheterandria Henn, 1916Neoheterandria elegans Henn, 1916Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn, 1916Phallotorynus Henn, 1916Phallotorynus fasciolatus Henn, 1916Priapichthys chocoensis Priapichthys nigroventralis
  • ''Pseudopoecilia fria''