Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz (3 July 1910 – 10 December 1941) was a Soviet Russian
ichthyologist, notable for his contribution to the study of
ichthyofauna of the North Pacific and Far Eastern seas of Russia.[1]
Spring 1929 - Observer in the raw materials sector of the Pacific Fisheries Research Center (TINRO-Center, part of the Far Eastern Branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences)
1932 - Marine Researcher, TIRH Complex Pacific Expedition of the State Hydrological Institute and the Pacific Committee of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
Taranetz conducted his later research (1938-1941) on the
Amur River, paying special attention to the methodology of studying the yield of any one generation of salmon and its dependence upon
hydrological and other factors.
Taranetz produced about 30 published works, including a series of articles on the
ichthyofauna of
Amur River, and over 20 manuscripts devoted to both individual
species and
genera of fish, and ichthyofauna of various areas of the Far East.[2]
Selected publications
Taranetz, A.Y. (1937). Guide to the Fishes of the Soviet Far East and Adjacent Waters (or Handbook for Identification of Fishes of Soviet Far East and Adjacent Waters). Vol. 11. Proc. Pacific Inst. Fish. (Pacific Scientific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography). p. 200.
Andriashev A.P. (1937) A contribution to the knowledge of the fishes from the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Issled. Morei SSSR 25 (Issled. Dal'nevostoch Morei 5), Leningrad (Lanz L., Wilimovsky N.J. (transl.) 1955, US Fish Wildl Serv Spec Sci Rep Fish 145)