Charles Roux (1920 – c. 2000) was a French marine biologist who was the research director at the Centre oceanographique de Pointe-Noire in the French Congo and in 1987 became a professor and deputy director at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. He attained his doctorate award in 1982 and was the author of a number of papers and books, notably co-writing Ocean Dwellers (Nature's hidden world) with Yves Verbreek. He was one of the six founders of the Société Française d’Ichtyologie in 1976, along with Marie-Louise Bauchot, Jacques Daget, Jean-Claude Hureau, Théodore Monod and Yves Plessis.
Taxon named in his honor
The following fish species have a specific name which honours Roux:
- Enteromius rouxi (Daget 1961)
- The yellowtail sardinella, Sardinella rouxi Poll, 1953
References
- Michael Watkins; Bo Beolens (2015). Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary. Pelagic Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1907807947.
- "History of the French Ichthyological Society and of the journal Cybium". French Ichthyological Society. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE (Small Barbs)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Enteromius rouxi". FishBase. February 2022 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DOROSOMATIDAE Bleeker 1872 (Gizzard Shads and Sardinellas)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sardinella rouxi". FishBase. February 2022 version.
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