W. L. Minckley
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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 in his honor. Dr Minckley died on June 22, 2001 in Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona from complications associated with treatment for cancer.
Freshwater snail genus Minckleyella Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 is named in honor of him.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. In 1963, he with Robert Rush Miller
Robert Rush Miller
Robert Rush Miller "was an important figure in American ichthyology and conservation from 1940 to the 1990s."...
discovered and named the Northern Platyfish Xiphophorus gordoni in honor of Dr Myron Gordon. Dr Minckley in turn had 5 species named in his honor. Dr Minckley died on June 22, 2001 in Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona from complications associated with treatment for cancer.
Freshwater snail genus Minckleyella Hershler, Liu & Landye, 2011 is named in honor of him.