Li Sizhong (Chinese ichthyologist)
Li Sizhong (Chinese: 李思忠; Wade–Giles: Li Sze-Chung; 1921–2009) was an ichthyologist with the Institute of Zoology (中国科学院动物研究所) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Throughout his research career, he made numerous discoveries of new fish species (or subspecies), and published many books and research papers describing the fauna and geographical distribution of fishes in China and beyond. [1] He also translated and helped publication of the Chinese editions of Fishes of the World (2nd edition, by Joseph S. Nelson) and Peter Y. Schmidt (П Ю Шмидт)'s book on fish migration.
In his book "Studies on zoogeographical divisions for fresh water fishes of China", Li divided the fauna of freshwater fishes in China into five major regions based on characteristics of fish species distributions, geographic environments and geological histories of these regions. According to his method, the demarcation line between Holarctic and Indomalaya regions in China, as far as fresh water fishes are concerned, lies naturally along the Himalayas and Nanling Mountains ranges. This contrasts with the prevalent view of demarcation line between Holarctic and Indomalaya regions along the Qinling Mountains, even though the latter does not extend into Eastern part of China. [2]
Fish species discovered or named
- Callionymus koreanus (Nakabo, Jeon & Li, 1955) [3]
- Amblyrhynchotes rufopunctatus (Li, 1962) [4]
- Callionymus hainanensis (Li, 1966) [5]
- Triplophysa minuta (Li, 1966) [6]
- Calliurichthys recurvispinnis (Li, 1966)[7]
- Cottus sibiricus altaicus (Li & Ho, 1966)[8]
- Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis (Li, 1966) [9]
- Gymnocypris chilianensis (Li & Chang, 1974) [10]
- Triplophysa wuweiensis (Li & Chang, 1974) [11]
- Psettina filimanus (Li & Wang, 1981) [12]
- Lepidotrigla lepidojugulata (Li, 1981) [13]
- Lepidotrigla longimana (Li, 1981) [14]
- Ciliata tchangi (Li, 1994) [15]
- ^ 李思忠 WorldCat.org Publication List
- ^ Li Sizhong: Studies on zoogeographical divisions for fresh water fishes of China, Science Publishing House, Beijing, 1981
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Callionymus koreanus" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Amblyrhynchotes rufopunctatus" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Callionymus hainanensis" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Triplophysa minuta" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Calliurichthys recurvispinnis" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Cottus dzungaricus" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Brachymystax lenok" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Gymnocypris chilianensis" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Triplophysa wuweiensis" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Psettina filimanus" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Lepidotrigla lepidojugulata" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Lepidotrigla longimana" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Ciliata tchangi" in FishBase. 12 2011 version.