Sven Oscar Kullander (born 30 November 1952 in

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) is a

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specialised in ichthyology. He primarily researches cichlids – notably the genus ''

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'' and the ''

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''-complex – and other tropical fresh water fishes. He also has been working with

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fish species in Sweden. He studied at the universities of

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and Stockholm, and took his

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in Stockholm in 1984. He is currently senior

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at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, with the responsibility for the ichthyologic and herpetologic collections. Kullander also coordinates the museum's contributions to FishBase. Kullander has produced more than 100 scientific and popular publications on fishes, and described many groups and new species of cichlids. The Swedish aquarists' magazine ''Tidskriften Akvariet'' gave him "Akvariets Oscar" ("the Aquarium Academy Award") in 1996, for his great contribution to the aquarium hobby. His wife

Fang Fang Kullander Fang Fang Kullander, ''née'' Fang Fang, (14 November 1962 – 19 May 2010) was a Swedish-Chinese ichthyologist. Early life Fang Fang was born on 14 November 1962 in Beijing, her parents were Fang Zongxian and Hang Mingxhien, both geologists. Fan ...

(1962–2010) was also an ichthyologist at the Swedish Museum.

Taxon named in his honor

The fish, a Pike Cichlid, '' Crenicichla sveni'' Ploeg, 1991 was named in his honor.

Selected publications

*Kullander, S.O. 1983. ''A revision of the South American Cichlid genus Cichlasoma (Teleostei: Cichlidae)''. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. *Kullander, S.O. 1986. ''Cichlid fishes of the Amazon River drainage of Peru''. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. *Kullander, S.O. & H. Nijssen. 1989. ''The cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei, Labroidei.'' E.J. Brill, Leiden. *Kullander, S.O., T. Stach, H.G. Hansson, B. Delling & H. Blom. 2011. '' Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Ryggsträngsdjur: lansettfiskar – broskfiskar, Chordata: Branchiostomatidae – Chondrichthyes.'' ArtDatabanken, Uppsala

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander

Sources

Sven O. Kullander
Swedish Museum of Natural History

(personal page)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kullander, Sven O. Swedish zoologists 1952 births Living people Swedish ichthyologists Umeå University alumni Stockholm University alumni