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, with Kristin Murphy, currently preparing a biography of Charles Bradford Hudson (1865-1939), widely known for his scientific illustrations of fishes and, later, for his western American landscapes and marine scenes.

Selected Publications

Springer, V.G., and G.D. Johnson. 2004. Study of the Dorsal Gill-arch Musculature of Teleostome Fishes, with Special Reference to the Actinopterygii. Incl. Appendix: Springer, V.G.,and T.M. Orrell. Phylogenetic Analysis of 147 Families of Acanthomorph Fishes Based Primarily on Dorsal Gill-Arch Muscles and Skeleton. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 11, 2 vols., text, 260 pp; plates, 205.

Springer, V.G. 1999 [2001]. Kumataro Ito, Japanese Artist On Board the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross During the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910. Marine Fisheries Review, 61(4):42-57.

Springer, V.G. 1999. Are the Indonesian and Western Indian Ocean Coelacanths Conspecific? Environmental Biology of Fishes, 54:453-456.

Springer, V.G., and H. R. Larson. 1996. Pholidichthys anguis, a New Species of Pholidichthyid Fish from Northern Territory and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109 (2):353-365.

Springer, V.G., and M.S. Raasch. 1995. Fishes, Angling, and Finfish Fisheries on Stamps of the World. American Topical Association, Handbook 129, 107 pages.

Springer, V.G., and J.T. Williams. 1994. The Indo-West Pacific Blenniid Fish Genus Istiblennius Reappraised: A Revision of Istiblennius, Blenniella, and Paralticus, New Genus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 565, 193 pages.

Springer, V.G., 1993. Definition of the Suborder Blennioidei and Its Included Families (Pisces: Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science, 52(1):472-495.

Springer, V.G., and J.P. Gold, 1989. Sharks in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book. Smithsonian Institution Press, 187pp, frontispiece. Modified 2nd printing also 1989; 3rd printing, 1993. Japanese translation (updated from English), 1992; 2nd Japanese edition (updated), 1994.

Springer, V.G. 1983. Tyson belos, New Genus and Species of Western Pacific Fish (Gobiidae, Xenisthminae), with Discussions of Gobioid Osteology and Classification. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 390: 1-40.

Springer, V.G. 1982. Pacific Plate Biogeography, with Special Reference to Shorefishes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 367: 1-182.