James William Davis

James William Davis (1846, Leeds-1893) was a British naturalist who specialised in fossil fish.

He lived at Chevinedge, Halifax in Yorkshire.

James William Davis was a leading member of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

partial list Taxa described by Davis include

Fossil of Exocoetoides minor . Cenomanian of Haqel, Lebanon a species originally described by James William Davis in 1887