Education

Ph.D. 1957, University of Texas
M.S. 1954, University of Miami
B.A. 1948, Emory University

Research Interests

Classification, evolution, and biogeography of fishes, especially marine fishes. Blennioid fishes. Late 19th and 20th Century scientific illustrators of fishes.

I am currently conducting a study of the gill arch muscles of eels.

Recent Publications

Springer, Victor G. 2011. Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod, Contributions to Ichthyology. In: Axelrod, H. R. and Degen, B., Discus. Germany: Degen Mediahouse Gmbh, pp.20-27.

Springer, Victor G. and Murphy, Kristin A. 2010. Drawn to the Sea: Charles Bradford Hudson (1865-1939), Artist, Author, Army Officer, with Special Notice of His Work for the United States Fish Commission and Bureau of Fisheries. Marine Fisheries Review, 71(4): 1-116.

Patzner, R. A., Hastings, P. A., Springer, Victor G., Wirtz, P. and Gonçalves, E. J. 2009. List of valid species of blennies. In: Patzner, R. A., Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A. and Kapoor, B. G., The Biology of Blennies. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers, pp.443-473.

Hastings, P. A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. Systematics of the Blenniidae (Blennioidei). In: Patzner, R. A., Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A. and Kapoor, B. G., The Biology of the Blennies. Enfield, New Hamspshire: Science Publishers, pp.69-91.

Hastings, P. A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. Systematics of the Blennioidei and the included families Chaenopsidae, Clinidae, Labrisomidae and Dactyloscopidae. In: Patzner, R. A., Gonçlaves, E. J., Hastings, P. A. and Kapoor, B. G., The Biology of the Blennies. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers, pp.3-30.

Hastings, Philip A. and Springer, Victor G. 2009. Recognizing diversity in blennioid fish nomenclature (Teleostei: Blennioidei). Zootaxa, 2120: 3-14.