Robert Rush Miller "was an important figure in American ichthyology

Ichthyology

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish...

 and conservation

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 from 1940 to the 1990s."

He was born in Colorado Springs, earned his bachelor's degree

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 at University of California, Berkeley

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 in 1938, a master's degree

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 at the University of Michigan

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 in 1943, and a Ph.D.

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 at the University of Michigan

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 in 1944. He received tenure at the University of Michigan in 1954.

Together with W. L. Minckley

W. L. Minckley

Wendell Lee Minckley was a college professor and leading expert on fish. He spent most of his career at Arizona State University. In 1963, he with Robert Rush Miller discovered and named the Northern Platyfish Xiphophorus gordoni in honor of Dr Myron Gordon. Dr Minckley in turn had 5 species named...

, 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

Copeia

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from 1950 to 1955.

Selected publications

• Miller, Robert R. and Minckley, W. L. (1963) "Xiphophorus gordoni, A New Species of Platyfish from Coahuila, Mexico" Copeia 1963(3): pp. 538-546
• Lagler, Karl Frank; Bardach, John E. and Miller, Robert Rush (1962) Ichthyology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, OCLC 61070182 (textbook)