Donn E. Rosen

Donn Eric Rosen (1929–1986), U.S. ichthyologist at the American Museum of Natural History.

Obituaries

• Obituary (New York Times)

Patronyms (7)

• Adrianichthys roseni Parenti & Soeroto, 2004 (Adrianichthyidae)
• Brachyrhaphis roseni Bussing, 1988 (Poeciliidae)
• Curimata roseni Vari, 1989 (Curimatidae)
• Meadia roseni Mok, Lee, & Chan, 1991 (Synaphobranchidae)
• Monopterus roseni Bailey & Gans, 1998 (Synbranchidae)
• Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, 1994 (Apteronotidae)
• Xiphophorus roseni Meyer & Wischnath, 1981 (Poeciliidae)

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 10 taxon names authored by Donn E. Rosen

plus:

Genera (1)

• Scolichthys Rosen, 1967 (Poeciliidae)

Species (23)

• Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Synbranchidae)
• Xiphophorus alvarezi Rosen, 1960 (Poeciliidae)
• Pseudoxiphophorus anzuetoi (Rosen & Bailey, 1979) (Poeciliidae)
• Gambusia atrora Rosen & Bailey, 1963 (Poeciliidae)
• Heterandria attenuata Rosen & Bailey, 1979 (Poeciliidae)
• Bramocharax baileyi Rosen, 1972 (Characidae)
• Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae (Rosen, 1979) (Poeciliidae)
• Xiphophorus cortezi Rosen, 1960 (Poeciliidae)
• Pseudoxiphophorus dirempta (Rosen, 1979) (Poeciliidae)
• Bramocharax dorioni Rosen, 1970 (Characidae)
• Xiphophorus evelynae Rosen, 1960 (Poeciliidae)
• Phallichthys fairweatheri Rosen & Bailey, 1959 (Poeciliidae)
• Scolichthys greenwayi Rosen, 1967 (Poeciliidae)
• Brachyrhaphis hartwegi Rosen & Bailey, 1963 (Poeciliidae)
• Scolichthys iota Rosen, 1967 (Poeciliidae)
• Pseudoxiphophorus litoperas (Rosen & Bailey, 1979) (Poeciliidae)
• Gambusia luma Rosen & Bailey, 1963 (Poeciliidae)
• Synbranchus madeirae Rosen & Rumney, 1972 (Synbranchidae)
• Xiphophorus milleri Rosen, 1960 (Poeciliidae)
• Xiphophorus nigrensis Rosen, 1960 (Poeciliidae)
• Pseudoxiphophorus obliquus (Rosen, 1979) (Poeciliidae)
• Xiphophorus signum Rosen & Kallman, 1969 (Poeciliidae)
• Carlhubbsia stuarti Rosen & Bailey, 1959 (Poeciliidae)

Selected publications

1951

• Gordon, M. & Rosen, D.E. 1951: Genetics of species differences in the morphology of the male genitalia of xiphophorin fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 95 (7): 413–464. Handle

1961

• Rosen, D.E. & Bailey, R.M. 1963: The poeciliid fishes (Cyprinodontiformes): their structure, zoogeography, and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 126 (1): 176 pp. Handle

1962

• Rosen, D.E. 1962: Comments on the relationships of the North American cave fishes of the family Amblyopsidae. American Museum Novitates, No. 2109, 35 pp. Handle

1964

• Rosen, D.E. 1964: The relationships and taxonomic position of the halfbeaks, killifishes, silversides, and their relatives. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 127 (5): 219–267. Handle

1965

• Rosen, D.E. 1965: Oryzias madagascariensis Arnoult redescribed and assigned to the East African fish genus Pantanodon (Atheriniformes, Cyprinodontoidei). American Museum Novitates, No. 2240, 10 pp. Handle

1966

• Breder, C.M. & Rosen, D.E. 1966: Modes of reproduction in fishes. American Museum of Natural History, New York.
• Greenwood, P.H., Rosen, D.E., Weitzman, S.H. & Myers, G.S. 1966. Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131(4): 339–456.Reference page. 
• Greenwood, P.H., Rosen, D.E., Weitzman, S.H., & Myers, G.S. 1966: Phyletic studies of teleostean fishes, with a provisional classification of living forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 131 (4): 339–456. Handle

1967

• Rosen, D.E. 1967: New poeciliid fishes from Guatemala, with comments on the origins of some South and Central American forms. American Museum novitates 2303: 1–15. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Rosen, D.E. 1967: New poeciliid fishes from Guatemala, with comments on the origins of some South and Central American forms. American Museum Novitates, No. 2303, 15 pp. Handle

1969

• Rosen, D.E. & Kallman, K. 1969: A new fish of the genus Xiphophorus from Guatemala, with remarks on the taxonomy of endemic forms. American Museum Novitates, No. 2379, 29 pp. Handle
• Rosen, D.E. & Patterson, C. 1969: The structure and relationships of the paracanthopterygian fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 141 (3): 359–474. Handle

1970

• Rosen, D.E. 1970: A new tetragonopterine characid fish from Guatemala. American Museum Novitates, No. 2435, 17 pp. Handle
• Rosen, D. & Greenwood, P.H. 1970. Origin of the Weberian apparatus and relationships of the ostariophysan and gonorynchiform fishes. American Museum Novitates, 2468: 1-49. PDF Reference page. 

1971

• Rosen, D.E. 1971: The Macristiidae, a ctenothrissiform family based on juvenile and larval scopelomorph fishes. American Museum Novitates, No. 2452, 22 pp. Handle
• Greenwood, P.H. & Rosen, D.E. 1971: Notes on the structure and relationships of the alepocephaloid fishes. American Museum Novitates, No. 2473, 41 pp. Handle

1972

• Rosen, D.E. & Bailey, R.M. 1972: Origin of the characid fish genus Bramocharax and a description of a second, more primitive, species in Guatemala. American Museum Novitates, No. 2500, 21 pp. Handle
• Rosen, D.E. & Rumney, A. 1972: Evidence of a second species of Synbranchus (Pisces, Teleostei) in South America. American Museum Novitates, No. 2497, 45 pp. Handle

1973

• Rosen, D.E. & Patterson, C. 1973: Interrelationships of higher euteleostean fishes. In: Greenwood, P.H., Miles, R.S., & Patterson, C. (eds.). Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press (London), pp. 397-513.

1974

• Rosen, D.E. 1974: Phylogeny and zoogeography of salmoniform fishes and relationships of Lepidogalaxias salamandroides. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 153 (2): 267–325. Handle

1976

• Rosen, D.E. & Greenwood, P.H. 1976: A fourth Neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 157 (1): 69 pp. Handle

1977

• Patterson, C. & Rosen, D.E. 1977. Review of ichthyodectiform and other Mesozoic teleost fishes and the theory and practice of classifying fossils. American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 158: 81–172. Reference page. 

1978

• Rosen, D.E. 1978: Vicariant patterns and historical explanation in biogeography. Systematic Biology, 27 (2): 159–188. DOI: 10.2307/2412970

1979

• Rosen, D.E. 1979: Fishes from the uplands and intermontane basins of Guatemala: revisionary studies and comparative geography. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 162 (5): 269–375. Handle

1981

• Rosen, D.E., Forey, P.L., Gardiner, B.G. & Patterson, C. 1981. Lungfishes, Tetrapods, Paleontology, and Plesiomorphy. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167 (4): 163-275. Reference page. 
• Rosen, D.E. & Parenti, L.R. 1981: Relationships of Oryzias, and the groups of atherinomorph fishes. American Museum Novitates, No. 2719, 25 pp. Handle

1984

• Rosen, D.E. 1984: Zeiforms as primitive plectognath fishes. American Museum Novitates, No. 2782, 45 pp. Handle

1985

• Rosen, D.E. 1985: An essay on euteleostean classification. American Museum Novitates, No. 2827, 57 pp. Handle

1990

• Rosen, D.E. & Patterson, C. 1990: On Müller's and Cuvier's concepts of pharyngognath and labyrinth fishes and the classification of percomorph fishes: with an atlas of percomorph dorsal gill arches. American Museum Novitates, No. 2983, 57 pp. Handle