Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin | |
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| Николай Васильевич Парин (Russian) | |
| Born | November 21, 1932 |
| Died | April 18, 2012 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute for Fisheries |
| Awards | Leo S. Berg Gold Medal and the USSR State Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ichthyology and biogeography |
| Institutions | P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
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| Doctoral advisor | Teodore S. Rass, Anatoly Andriyashev, and G. Lindberg |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Parin |
Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (21 November 1932 – 18 April 2012) was a Soviet and Russian ichthyologist, specializing in oceanic pelagic fish. He headed the Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna at the RAS Institute of Oceanology in Moscow, where he ended his career as a Professor after more than fifty-seven years. In his career, he described more than 150 new taxa of fish and participated in 20 major oceanic expeditions. Thirty-six species of fish are named in his honour.[1]