Rudie Hermann Kuiter (born 1943) is an Australian underwater photographer,
taxonomist
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marine biologist
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and
author
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of many identification guides to sea fishes. He has described new species of seahorses in the genus ''
Hippocampus
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Early life
Kuiter was born in
Amersfoort
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and emigrated to Australia in 1964.
Career
Kuiter is best known for his photo-illustrated identification guides to fishes. Some are dedicated to fishes found in certain regions and others are more specialised publications which catalog various sub-groups of fishes.
Publications
* ''Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Fairy and Rainbow Wrasses: A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Fishes of South-Eastern Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Kaiserfische'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Acanthuroidei'' by Rudie H. Kuiter and Helmut Debelius
* ''Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Microcanthidae'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Indonesian Reef Fishes'' by Kuiter, R.H. & T. Tonozuka. 2001.
Honoria
*The clingfish ''
Kopua kuiteri
Kuiter's deepsea clingfish (''Kopua kuiteri'') is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in ...
'' was named in his honor.
See also
*
:Taxa named by Rudie Hermann Kuiter
References
Australian Museum: Rudie Hermann Kuiter - photographer
Australian marine biologists
Australian photographers
Australian underwater divers
Underwater photographers
1943 births
Living people
Australian ichthyologists
Australian taxonomists
Dutch emigrants to Australia
People from Amersfoort
20th-century Australian zoologists
21st-century Australian zoologists
20th-century photographers
21st-century photographers
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