William Houghton (naturalist)

The Reverend William Houghton (1828–1895) was an English naturalist and clergyman, noted for being the author of British Fresh-Water Fishes.

Houghton was rector of Preston on the Weald Moors in Shropshire.

A serious naturalist, he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

To produce his major work, Houghton studied fish specimens at the British Museum.

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