SlugSnorter
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WHO IS HECTOR. WHY ARE SO MANY THINGS NAMED HECTOR'S ____
WHO IS HECTOR
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Sharkbait19
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Excerpt from the hector’s goby Wikipedia page:
“The specific name honours Gordon Hector (b. 1918) who was Chief Secretary to the Government of the Seychelles, in gratitude for his help to Smith's work in the Seychelles.”
Lots of species are named for famous researchers or other people important to its discovery. Sometimes names are a bit more random:
en.m.wikipedia.org
“The specific name honours Gordon Hector (b. 1918) who was Chief Secretary to the Government of the Seychelles, in gratitude for his help to Smith's work in the Seychelles.”
Lots of species are named for famous researchers or other people important to its discovery. Sometimes names are a bit more random:
Aptostichus barackobamai - Wikipedia
