# William Bussing
Don William olarak bilinen William Albert Bussing (27 Eylül 1933 - 17 Kasım 2014), kariyerinin çoğunu 1966'dan 1991'e kadar Universidad de Costa Rica fakültesinde geçiren Amerikalı bir ihtiyologdu. 1978 yılında profesör olarak atandı ve emekli oluncaya kadar devam etti.


## Seçili yayınları.
  - (1963). Yeni bir poeciliid balığı, Kosta Rika'dan Phallichthys tico. Bilime Katkılar (Los Angeles), Sayı 77, 1–13.
  - (1965). Antarktika Denizlerinin Biyolojisi 2. Peru-Şili Çukuru'ndaki orta su balıkları üzerine çalışmalar. Antarktika Araştırma Serisi, 5, 185–227.


## Tanımladığı taksonlar.
  - "Phallichthys tico", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Binghamichthys aphos", Family "Alepocephalidae"
  - "Lampanyctus iselinoides", Family "Myctophidae"
  - "Melanostigma bathium", Family "Zoarcidae"
  - "Benthalbella macropinna", Family "Scopelarchidae"
  - "Brachyrhaphis holdridgei", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Hyphessobrycon savagei", Family "Characidae"
  - "Piabucina boruca", Family "Lebiasininae"
  - "Poeciliopsis paucimaculata", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Pseudocheirodon terrabae", Family "Characidae"
  - "Nannorhamdia lineata", Family "Heptapteridae"
  - "Imparales panamensis", Family "Heptapteridae"
  - "Halichoeres aestuaricola", Family "Labridae"
  - "Cichlasoma diquis", Family "Cichlidae"
  - "Cichlasoma sajica", Family "Cichlidae"
  - "Pterobrycon myrnae", Family "Characidae"
  - "Melaniris hubbsi", Family "Atherinopsidae"
  - "Melaniris jiloaensis", Family "Atherinopsidae"
  - "Melaniris milleri", Family "Atherinopsidae"
  - "Phallichthys quadripunctatus", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Rivulus fuscolineatus", Family "Rivulidae"
  - "Rivulus glaucus", Family "Rivulidae"
  - "Rivulus rubripunctatus", Family "Rivulidae"
  - "Rivulus siegfriedi", Family "Rivulidae"
  - "Rivulus uroflammeus", Family "Rivulidae"
  - "Liopropoma fasciatum", Family "Serranidae"
  - "Elacatinus janssi", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Halichoeres discolor", Family "Labridae"
  - "Evermannia erici", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Roeboides ilseae", Family "Characidae"
  - "Brachyrhaphis roseni", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Cichlasoma loisellei", Family "Cichlidae"
  - "Chriolepis dialepta", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Chriolepis cuneata", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Elacatinus inornatus", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Elacatinus nesiotes", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Lythrypnus alphigena", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Lythrypnus cobalus", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Lythrypnus insularis", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Lythrypnus lavenbergi", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Axoclinus cocoensis", Family "Tripterygiidae"
  - "Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi", Family "Tripterygiidae"
  - "Uropterygius versutus", Family "Muraenidae"
  - "Pomadasys empherus", Family "Haemulidae"
  - "Eleotris tecta", Family "Eleotridae"
  - "Sicydium adelum", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Sphoeroides rosenblatti", Family "Tetraodontidae"
  - "Chriolepis atrimelum", Family "Gobiidae"
  - "Gymnothorax phalarus", Family "Muraenidae"
  - "Urotrygon cimar", Family "Urotrygonidae"
  - "Ptereleotris carinata", Family "Microdesmidae"
  - "Opistognathus brochus", Family "Opistognathidae"
  - "Opistognathus fossoris", Family "Opistognathidae"
  - "Opistognathus smithvanizi", Family "Opistognathidae"
  - "Opistognathus walkeri", Family "Opistognathidae"
  - "Poeciliopsis santaelena", Family "Poeciliidae"
  - "Astyanax cocibolca", Family "Characidae"
  - "Peristedion nesium", Family "Peristediidae"
  - "Chimaera orientalis", Family "Chimaeridae"
  - "Urobatis pardalis", Family "Urotrygonidae"
  - Also see Category:Taxa named by William Bussing


## Ölümü.
Bussing, 17 Kasım 2014'te Kosta Rika'nın San Jose kentinde bir araba kazasında aldığı yaralar nedeniyle öldü.


## Onuruna verilen taksonlar.
  - Platygillellus bussingi, "Dactyloscopidae" familyası, Bussing'in yıldız gözlemcisi, Kosta Rika ve Panama'nın Pasifik kıyılarına özgü bir kum yıldız gözlemcisi türüdür ve burada arasındaki derinliklerdeki kumlu diplerde bulunabilmektedir. . Maksimum uzunluğa ulaşabilir.TL 
  - "Umbrina bussingi", Aile "Sciaenidae" 
  - "Talismania bussingi", Aile "Alepocephalidae" 
  - "Amphilophus bussingi", "Cichlidae" Ailesi 
  - "Gunterichthys bussingi", Aile "Bythitidae" 
  - "Roeboides bussingi", Aile "Characidae"