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 - CichlidCualac 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, 1943Cyprinodon 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.