Imants Priede

Imants (Monty) George Priede is a British-Latvian zoologist, author and academic. He is Professor Emeritus in the University of Aberdeen, Scotland known for his work on fish and life in the deep sea.

Priede has published over 150 research papers concerned with fish, fisheries and the marine environment. He is author of the textbook ''Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries.'' He is Editor-In-Chief of the journal ''Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.''

Two species of deep-sea animals have been named in honour of Priede, a worm ''Prodistomum priedei'' and a fish ''Pachycara priedei''.

Priede is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Provided by Wikipedia