Vladimir Kharin (zoologist)

Vladimir Yemelyanovich Kharin (1957–2013) was a Russian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and a specialist in sea snakes.
Life and career.
Kharin was born November 3, 1957, in Vladivostok. In 1981 he graduated State Far Eastern University. From 1980 to 1984 he worked at the . In 1984, he was arrested for political reasons and subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment. From 2003 until the end of his life, he was an employee of the Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He received his Candidate of Sciences degree in biology from the Academy in 2006. His thesis was titled "Таксономия морских змей (Hydrophiidae "sensu lato") мирового океана". Kharin was author and co-author of more than 70 scientific works. He described seven species of fish which were new to science (including "Caprodon krasyukovae" Kharin, 1983 and "Himantolophus borealis" Kharin, 1984), and also seven new species of sea snakes.