best known for the work in systematic ichthyology that he did while in Washington, particularly in collaboration with Goode. The pair wrote 39 papers together, culminating in Oceanic Ichthyology (1896). They were the beneficiaries of the extensive survey and collecting activities being done by Fish Commission vessels in the poorly explored deep waters off the coast of North America. Bean was also an authority on the fishes of Pennsylvania, New York, Bermuda, and Alaska. Most of his later papers dealt with fish culture, and at the time of his death he was considered the nation's premier authority on that subject. He was also a dedicated educator, from his early teaching days in Pennsylvania to his work on the great international exhibitions and his many popular articles and lectures on fishes, forestry, and conservation. Bean was a pioneer in the growth of American ichthyology in the post-Civil War years and by the end of his life was one of its most respected and honored members. Professional positions Principal, Smyrna Seminary in Delaware, 1869-1870 Principal, Wilkes-Barre High School in Pennsylvania, 1870–1874 Assistant in Ichthyology, Smithsonian Institution, 1878 Curator of Fishes, U.S. National Museum, 1879–1888 Ichthyologist, U.S. Fish Commission, 1888–1892 Honorary Curator of Fishes, U.S. National Museum, 1889–1905 Assistant in Charge of Fish Culture, U.S. Fish Commission, 1892-1895 Director, New York Aquarium in Battery Park, 1895–1898 Acting Curator of Fishes, American Museum of Natural History, 1897 Director of Fishery and Forestry exhibits, Universal Exposition, Paris, France, 1900 Chief, Departments of Fish and Game and Forestry, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 Fish Culturist, New York State, 1906–1916. Eponymy The genus Tarletonbeania of lanternfishes was named after him by Rosa Smith Eigenmann and Carl H. Eigenmann in 1890. Species named after him include: Naked sand darter, Ammocrypta beanii Jordan, 1877. Atherinella beani (Meek & Hildebrand 1923). The Green Guapote, Mayaheros beani (Jordan, 1889). Ctenolucius beani (Fowler, 1907). Ophidion beani Jordan & Gilbert, 1883. Deepwater dab, Poecilopsetta beanii (Goode, 1881). Bean's searobin, Prionotus beanii Goode, 1896. Bean's bigscale, Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887) (synonym: Plectromus beanii). Bean's sawtoothed eel, Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder, 1883. See also :Category:Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean References Online Sources Printed Sources Blackford, C.M. 1917. Dr. Tarleton Hoffman Bean. Transactions of American Fisheries Society, 46 (3): 189–193. Kelly and Burrage. 1928. Dictionary of American Medical Biography: 79–80. National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1935. 24: 88–89. Smith-Vaniz, W. F., B.