Charles Eric Dawson

Charles Eric Dawson
Dawson in 1991
Born(1922 -12-06)December 6, 1922
DiedFebruary 11, 1993(1993-02-11) (aged 70)
Scientific career
FieldsIchthyology

Charles Eric "Chuck" Dawson Jr. (December 6, 1922 – February 11, 1993) was a Canadian-American ecologist, ichthyologist, and taxonomist. He held expertise in gobies, flatfishes, and sand stargazers, and was considered "the ultimate authority" on pipefishes in the family Syngnathidae.