John Edward McCosker is an American ichthyologist and as has been part of expeditions to many countries such as Antarctic, Australia, and the Galapagos.
McCosker earned his BA degree from the Occidental College (Los Angeles) in 1967.
He attended the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1973 where McCosker gained his PhD degree.
Currently he is a senior scientist at the California Academy of Sciences based in San Francisco.
[1] Dr. McCosker also appeared on The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson on July 12, 1984.