Marion Durbin Ellis

Marion Durbin Ellis
Born(1887-10-25)October 25, 1887
Los Angeles, California
DiedDecember 16, 1972(1972-12-16) (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington
SpouseMax Mapes Ellis
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan Biological Station
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries

Marion Durbin Ellis (October 25, 1887 – December 16, 1972) was an American ichthyologist and entomologist.[1] She is credited with conducting the most comprehensive study to date of the Hemigrammus genus of fish[2] of which she named nineteen taxa. The taxon Corydoras ellisae and Hyphessobrycon ellisae (a.k.a. Hyphessobrycon sergipanus) are named for her as are the species Bryconops durbinae[3] and Bryconacidnus ellisi.[4]

  1. ^ Woman's Who's Who of America. The American Commonwealth Company. 1914. pp. 274 & 275. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. ^ Ota, Rafaela P.; Lima, Flavio C.T.; Pavanelli, Carla (April 21, 2015). "A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins". Zootaxa. pp. 218–230. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (February 1, 2023). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families IGUANODECTIDAE, TRIPORTHEIDAE, BRYCONIDAE, CHALCEIDAE and GASTEROPELECIDAE". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. July 6, 2023.