Åge Vedel Tåning
Åge Vedel Tåning (27 July 1890 – 26 September 1958 in Copenhagen) was a Danish ichthyologist.[1] He was a director of the Carlsberg Laboratory, the Dana collection and the Danish Fisheries Research Station.[2][3]
Taxon named in his honor
[edit]- Lanternfish genus Taaningichthys was named in his honour by Rolf Ling Bolin in 1959.[4]
- The Slopewater lanternfish, Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930, is a species of lanternfish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.[5]
Taxon described by him
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nielsen, Niels (1958). "ÅGE VEDEL TÅNING 27. juli 1890—26. september 1958". Danish Journal of Geography. 57. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "A. Vedel Tåning". Copeia. 1959 (1): 86. 1959. JSTOR 1440125.
- ^ Fridriksson, Árni (1959). "Åge Vedel Tåning (1890–1958)". Journal du Conseil. 24 (2): 211–214. doi:10.1093/icesjms/24.2.211.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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