Charles Roux (born 1920, died c. 2000) was a French marine biologist who was the research director at the Centre oceanographique de Pointe-Noire in the French Congo and in 1987 became a professor and deputy director at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. He attained his doctorate award in 1982 and was the author of a number of papers and books, notably co-writing Ocean Dwellers (Nature's hidden world) with Yves Verbreek. He was one of the six founders of the Société Française d’Ichtyologie in 1976, along with Marie-Louise Bauchot, Jacques Daget, Jean-Claude Hureau, Théodore Monod and Yves Plessis.

Taxon named in his honor

The following fish species have a specific name which honours Roux:

Charles Roux (biologist)

Enteromius rouxi (Daget 1961) The yellowtail sardinella, Sardinella rouxi Poll, 1953

Charles Roux (biologist)

References

French ichthyologists

1920 births

2000 deaths

Year of death uncertain

Charles Roux (biologist)