Robert Rush Miller


Robert Rush Miller was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s.
He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree at University of California, Berkeley in 1938, a master's degree at the University of Michigan in 1943, and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 1944. He received tenure at the University of Michigan in 1954.
Together with W. L. Minckley, he discovered a new species of platyfish, Xiphophorus gordoni, that they named in honor of Dr Myron Gordon. He served as the ichthyological editor of Copeia from 1950 to 1955.

Fish discovered

  • Chortiheros wesseli R. R. Miller 1996 - Cichlid
  • Cualac tessellatus R. R. Miller 1956 -
  • Cyprinodon albivelis W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002
  • Cyprinodon alvarezi R. R. Miller, 1976
  • †Cyprinodon arcuatus W. L. Minckley & R. R. Miller, 2002
  • Cyprinodon atrorus R. R. Miller, 1968
  • Cyprinodon bifasciatus R. R. Miller, 1968
  • Cyprinodon eremus R. R. Miller & Fuiman, 1987
  • Cyprinodon fontinalis M. L. Smith & R. R. Miller, 1980
  • Cyprinodon labiosus Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981
  • Cyprinodon laciniatus C. L. Hubbs & R. R. Miller, 1942
  • Cyprinodon macrolepis R. R. Miller, 1976
  • Cyprinodon maya Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981
  • Cyprinodon meeki R. R. Miller, 1976
  • Cyprinodon nazas R. R. Miller, 1976
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae R. R. Miller, 1948
  • †Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae R. R. Miller, 1948
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes R. R. Miller, 1948
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis R. R. Miller, 1948
  • Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone R. R. Miller, 1948
  • Cyprinodon pisteri R. R. Miller & W. L. Minckley, 2002
  • Cyprinodon radiosus R. R. Miller, 1948
  • Cyprinodon salinus R. R. Miller, 1943
  • Cyprinodon salinus salinus R. R. Miller, 1943
  • Cyprinodon simus Humphries & R. R. Miller, 1981
  • Cyprinodon tularosa R. R. Miller & A. A. Echelle, 1975
  • Xiphophorus gordoni Miller and W. L. Minckley 1963

    Taxon described by him

  • See :Category:Taxa named by Robert Rush Miller

    Selected publications

  • Miller, Robert R. and Minckley, W. L. "Xiphophorus gordoni, A New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" Copeia 1963: pp. 538–546
  • Lagler, Karl Frank; Bardach, John E. and Miller, Robert Rush Ichthyology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
  • Miller, Robert Rush, Wendell L. Minckley, and Steven Mark Norris. Freshwater fishes of Mexico. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
  • Hubbs, C. L., and R. R. Miller. 1948. The Great Basin with emphasis on glacial and postglacial times. II. The zoological evidence. Univ. Utah Bull. 38:17-166
  • Miller, Robert Rush. Man and the changing fish fauna of the American Southwest. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 1961.
  • Miller, R.R. 1972. Threatened Freshwater Fishes of the United States. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101, 239–252.