Kent E. Carpenter

Dr. Kent E. Carpenter is a professor of biological sciences at Old Dominion University,^[1] in Norfolk, Virginia, who is notable for having two fish species named in his honor, Paracheilinus carpenteri Randall and Lubbock 1981,^[2] popularly known as "Carpenter's flasher wrasse", and Meganthias carpenteri Anderson 2006,^[3] popularly known as Carpenter's Yellowtop Jewelfish.^[4]

Dr. Carpenter earned his Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology at Florida Institute of Technology in 1975 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology at the University of Hawaiʻi. His research emphasis is in the systematics and evolution of marine fishes. His work in marine biogeography for the Indian Ocean and west Pacific Ocean has led to work in marine conservation and comparative phylogeography using population genetics, with a special interest in the Philippines.

He is also a long-term collaborator with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Species Identification and Data Programme for Fisheries, producing identification guides for regions such as the western Pacific and the western and eastern Atlantic Oceans. He has done fieldwork in the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Philippines. In addition to research and teaching responsibilities, he is also the coordinator for the IUCN Global Marine Species Assessment, completing the first global review of every marine vertebrate species, and of selected marine invertebrates and marine plants, to determine conservation status and possible extinction risk for about 20,000 marine species.

Honoria

• The jewelfish Meganthias carpenteri is named after him.^[5]

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Kent E. Carpenter

References

1. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, Department of Biological Sciences: Dr. Kent E. Carpenter Professor of Biological Sciences, "The Department of Biological Sciences". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-02., Updated: 04/17/07.
2. John E. Randall and Roger Lubbock. 1981. Labrid Fishes of the Genus Paracheilinus, with Descriptions of Three New Species from the Philippines. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 28(1): pages 19-30 + 2 col. pl.
3. W. D. Anderson, Jr. 2006. Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(3): pages 404-417.
4. Phyllis Brown (ed.). 2007. New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter. Scire, Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter, Edition 30, February 20, 2007, http://sci.odu.edu/sci/Scire/30edition/faculty/NewFish.html Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, n.p.
5. Phyllis Brown, ed. (2007). "New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter". Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter. Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.