Li Sizhong (ichthyologist)
| Li, Sizhong | |
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| Born | February 19, 1921 Huixian, Henan Province |
| Died |
January 11, 2009 (aged 87) Beijing |
| Citizenship | China |
| Alma mater | Beijing Normal University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ichthyologist |
| Institutions | Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Li |
Li Sizhong (Chinese: 李思忠; Wade–Giles: Li Sze-Chung; 2/19 1921 – 1/11, 2009) was an ichthyologist with the Institute of Zoology (中国科学院动物研究所) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Throughout his research career, he made numerous discoveries of new fish species (or subspecies), and published many books and research papers describing the fauna and geographical distribution of fishes in China and beyond. He translated and helped publication of the Chinese editions of Fishes of the World (2nd edition, by Joseph S. Nelson) and Fish Migration (a popular science book by Russian zoologist ). Li was the major author of two published volumes in the Fauna Sinica monograph series, systematically reviewing and describing orders of bony fishes that include flat fish, cod, silverside, pearlfish, killifish, flying fish, etc. in or near China. He had written over 40 popular science articles about fish on Chinese newspapers and magazines, and been responsible for compiling and editing fish-related entries in several standard reference books (including Encyclopedia of China).
Starting from the early 1950s, Li helped to initiate and participated in China's systematic surveys of marine fishes in Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea, along China's coast. His scientific career, however, was interrupted in 1957 when he was labelled a "rightist" during the Anti-Rightist Movement. From then until the mid-1970s, while his research and publication capacity had been severely impacted by whims of political campaigns and turmoils, he managed to conduct surveys of freshwater fishes in the Yellow River,Ou River and Ling River, as well as in interior regions such as Xinjiang and Gansu provinces. Only until after the Cultural Revolution, he was able to resume normal research activities.
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