David Humphreys Storer facts for kids

Quick facts for kids David Humphreys Storer
Born	(1804-03-26)March 26, 1804 Portland, Maine, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1891(1891-09-10) (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard Medical School, 1825 Bowdoin College, 1822
Occupation	Physician
Spouse(s)	Abigail Jane Storer (nee Brewer)
Children	Horatio Robinson Storer Francis Humphreys Storer Abby Matilda Storer Mary Goddard Storer Robert Woodbury Storer
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David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804 – September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1864.

He identified numerous fish species and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872.

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.

Species descriptions

Among the fish he described are:

• The tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi)
• The yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)
• The rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
• The northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus)
• The kelp pipefish (Syngnathus californiensis)
• The ashy darter (Etheostoma cinereum)
• The northern studfish (Fundulus catenatus)
• The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus), sometimes called a ghostfish
• The blackspotted topminnow, (Fundulus olivaceus)

He also described the snake: Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the Redbelly Snake

• Category:Taxa named by David Humphreys Storer

Selected publications

• Storer, David Humphreys; Peabody, William Bourne Oliver (1839). Reports on the Fishes, Reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers.
• Storer DH (1846). "A Synopsis of the Fishes of North America". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2: 253–550.
• Storer DH (1853). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5 (1): 122–168.
• Storer DH (1859). "A History of the Fishes of Massachusetts". Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 (2): 309–372.