About Herbert R. Axelrod
Herbert Richard Axelrod was an American tropical fish expert, a publisher of pet books, and an entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud. The fish Corydoras narcissus was first collected by Axelrod and Martin Brittan and subsequently described by Han Nijssen and Isaäc J. In 1997 Axelrod sold TFH Publications to Central Garden & Pet Company of California for $70 million. He wrote many other books on tropical fish and founded a publishing firm, TFH Publications (named for the magazine) that became the largest publisher of pet books in the world.
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