Åge Vedel Tåning (27 July 1890 – 26 September 1958 in

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) was a

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. He was a director of the

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, the

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and the Danish Fisheries Research Station. Lanternfish genus ''

Taaningichthys ''Taaningichthys'' is a genus of lanternfishes. Etymology The genus is named in honour of Åge Vedel Tåning Åge Vedel Tåning (27 July 1890 – 26 September 1958 in Copenhagen) was a Danish ichthyologist. He was a director of the Carlsberg L ...

'' was named in his honour by

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in 1959.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taning, Age Vedel 1890 births 1958 deaths Danish ichthyologists 20th-century Danish zoologists Carlsberg Laboratory staff

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