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American zoologist
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Male
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Education:
Tulane University
University of Arkansas
Lyon College
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Biography
Robert C. Cashner is an American ichthyologist and retired academic administrator.
He was the first to describe the Stippled studfish (Fundulus bifax) and the bluefin stoneroller (Campostoma pauciradii).
Cashner was a faculty member at the University of New Orleans for many years. He was dean of UNO's graduate school from 1996 to 2008 and vice chancellor for research from 2001 to 2008. He was elected as president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in 1997.