title: Nigel Merrett
text: # Nigel Merrett
  
  Nigel Robert Merrett (born 1940) is a British zoologist and ichthyologist and former director of the fish section of the British Natural History Museum.
  
  In 1998, Merrett participated in an expedition headed by Nikolas Vasilyevich Parin to collect deepwater specimens.
  
  ## Book
  
  In 1997, Merrett, along with R.L. Haedrich, wrote the book Deep-Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries. In the book, they warn against fishing in deep water.
  
  ## Taxon described by him
  
  * See Category:Taxa named by Nigel Merrett
  
  ## Taxon named in his honor
  
  * Merret's snailfish (Careproctus merretti), also called the snakehead snailfish is named after him.
  * The eel Ilyophis nigeli. The species epithet "nigeli" was given in honour of Merrett, who was credited with making "substantial contributions" to the knowledge of the synaphobranchid eels.
  