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Ethelwynn Trewavas

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cichlids, but she published extensively on other groups as well. She used laboratory study and extended field trips to research her current areas of study, and often relied on interviews with local people to understand the behaviours, forms and food potential of fishes.
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She served as the senior scientist in the Fish Section of the British Museum (Natural History) for almost 50 years, and was known internationally as an authority on several diverse groups of fishes. She was best known for her work describing
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and was employed by him as his assistant until hired by the British Museum (Natural History) as Assistant Keeper in 1935. She was appointed Deputy Keeper of Zoology in 1958, and retired in 1961.
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in the lake, five were described by Regan and twenty-seven by Trewavas, either individually or in partnership with David Eccles.
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Noakes, David L. G. (November 1994). "The life and work of Ethelwynn Trewavas: beyond the focus on tilapiine cichlids".
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as a part-time demonstrator, spending most of her time on research. She was taught by
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One example of the influence of Regan and Trewavas is that of the currently named
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Tilapiine Fishes of the Genera "Sarotherodon", "Oreochromis" and "Danakilia"
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Toogood, Mark D.; Waterton, Claire F. J.; Heim, M. Wallace (April 2020).
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after her. Even during her lifetime, more fish species had received the
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Balon, E.K.; Bruton, Michael N.; Noakes, David L.G., eds. (1994).
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
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Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018).
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Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honour of ET, Ro and Genie
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and Board of Education Certificate in Teaching in 1921 from
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After her death, the memory of her contributions remained.
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 236:in 1968, and elected as a Fellow ( 25: 522:honorific names are, as of 2009: 244:in 1946, and awarded an honorary 172:Freshwater Biological Association 128:British Museum of Natural History 27:British ichthyologist (1900–1993) 861: 759:M.K. Oliver (27 December 2013). 912:20th-century British zoologists 781:M.K. Oliver (1 December 2013). 710:Environmental Biology of Fishes 606:"Obituary: Ethelwynn Trewavas" 1: 392:Talwar & Sathirajan, 1975 256:Species named after Trewavas 142:, another ichthyologist and 636:Archives of Natural History 150:Academic studies and career 968: 552:Publications (incomplete) 542:Placidochromis trewavasae 428:Phenacostethus trewavasae 402:(Chao & Miller, 1975) 234:Linnean Society of London 228:Trewavas was awarded the 170:when associated with the 932:Scientists from Cornwall 529:Copadichromis trewavasae 526:The Lake Malawi Cichlid 494:Rhynchoconger trewavasae 436:The Lake Malawi Cichlid 349:Labeotropheus trewavasae 346:The Lake Malawi Cichlid 477:Mirza & Ahmad, 1990 418:Gobiocichla ethelwynnae 398:Protosciaena trewavasae 312:Petrochromis trewavasae 301:Glyptothorax trewavasae 283:The Deepsea Dragonfish 207:Haplochromis sensu lato 922:British ichthyologists 573:Taxon described by her 473:Triplophysa trewavasae 460:Tylochromis trewavasae 439:Aulonocara ethelwynnae 309:The Threadfin Cichlid 648:10.3366/anh.2020.0618 408:Linophryne trewavasae 947:People from Penzance 927:Women ichthyologists 388:Atrobucca trewavasae 375:Neolebias trewavasae 325:Symphurus trewavasae 286:Eustomias trewavasae 722:1994EnvBF..41...33N 509:Trewavasia carinata 275:("of Trewavas") or 250:Stirling University 168:Dr. Nellie B. Eales 942:Linnean Medallists 730:10.1007/BF02197831 483:Johnius trewavasae 160:Reading University 140:Charles Tate Regan 138:. 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Index

Ethylwynn Trewavas
Penzance
Cornwall
Reading, Berkshire
Reading University
Bachelor's
Ichthyologist
taxonomist
ichthyologist
British Museum of Natural History
Cichlidae
Sciaenidae
Charles Tate Regan
taxonomist
bachelor's degree
Reading University
King's College of Household and Social Science
Dr. Nellie B. Eales
Freshwater Biological Association
Charles Regan
African
Rift lake
genus
Lake Malawi
mbuna
Haplochromis sensu lato
Ad Konings
Linnean Medal
Linnean Society of London
honoris causa

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