About Åge Vedel Tåning
Lived 1890 – 1958 (aged 68). Åge Vedel Tåning was a Danish ichthyologist.
Åge Vedel Tåning (27 July 1890 – 26 September 1958 in Copenhagen) was a Danish ichthyologist. He was a director of the Carlsberg Laboratory, the Dana collection and the Danish Fisheries Research Station.
Taxon named in his honor Lanternfish genus Taaningichthys was named in his honour by Rolf Ling Bolin in 1959. The Slopewater lanternfish, Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930, is a species of lanternfish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning
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Who was Åge Vedel Tåning?
ichthyologist (1890-1958)
When was Åge Vedel Tåning born?
Åge Vedel Tåning was born on 27 July 1890 in Copenhagen.
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Åge Vedel Tåning died on 26 September 1958 in Copenhagen.
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Åge Vedel Tåning was an ichthyologist.
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Åge Vedel Tåning was Danish.
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