James Erwin Böhlke


James Erwin Böhlke was an American ichthyologist. From 1954 to 1982, he was curator of the Department of Ichthyology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
He published over 120 papers on diverse groups of fishes and topics, primarily in his areas of expertise, fishes of the Bahamas, Caribbean, and South America.
His wife Eugenia (Genie) Brandt Böhlke was also a noted ichthyologist. The serranid fish genus Jeboehlkia is named in his honour,

Taxon described by him

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Taxon named in his honor