Prosanta Chakrabarty (born November 25, 1978) is an American ichthyologist and George H. Lowery Jr.

Among other professional positions he was a Program Director for the National Science Foundation[3] and was the President of the American Society of Ichthyologist and Herpetologist in 2023.

[6] He was named an Elected Fellow of the AAAS for "distinguished contributions to evolutionary biology, focusing on the bioluminescent systems and historical biogeography of freshwater fishes, and for effectively communicating science to the public".

In 2014 he discovered Hoosier cavefish with colleagues Jacques Prejean and Matthew Niemiller.

1) Paretroplus tsimoly 2) Mystus falcarius 3) Nandus prolixus[12] 4) Equulites laterofenestra[13] 5) Nuchequula mannusella[14] 6) Equulites absconditus[15] 7) Milyeringa brooksi[16] 8) Halieutichthys intermedius 9) Halieutichthys bispinosus 10) Profundulus kreiseri[17] 11) Typhleotris mararybe 12) Roeboides bussingi[18] 13) Amblyopsis hoosieri[19] 14) Caecieleotris morrisi 15) Photolateralis polyfenestrus[20] 2020 Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Ottawa Canada[21] 2019 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [22] 2018 Forty Under 40, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report[23] 2018 Named a Senior Fellow at TED[6] 2016 Named to the 2016 Class of TED Fellows[5] 2015 Elected Secretary of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 2011Top Ten New Species Award, The International Institute for Species Exploration and the International Top 10 Selections Committee; with co-authors Hsuan-Ching Ho and John Sparks for the description of Halieutichthys intermedius