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

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) was a Danish

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

. 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 Rolf Ling Bolin (22 March 1901 – 23 August 1973) was an American academic ichthyologist. A genus of lanternfish, '' Bolinichthys'', is named for him. Biography Bolin was born on 22 March 1901 in New York City to Scandinavian American parents. ...

in 1959. *The Slopewater lanternfish, '' Diaphus taaningi'' Norman, 1930, is a species of

lanternfish Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...

found in the Eastern

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Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning

References

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