Åge Vedel Tåning Explained

Åge Vedel Tåning (27 July 1890 – 26 September 1958 in Copenhagen) was a Danish ichthyologist.^[1] He was a director of the Carlsberg Laboratory, the Dana collection and the Danish Fisheries Research Station.^{[2] [3]}

Taxon named in his honor

• Lanternfish genus Taaningichthys was named in his honour by Rolf Ling Bolin in 1959.^[4]
• The Slopewater lanternfish, Diaphus taaningi Norman, 1930, is a species of lanternfish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.^[5]

Taxon described by him

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Notes and References

1. Nielsen. Niels. 1958. ÅGE VEDEL TÅNING 27. juli 1890—26. september 1958 . Danish Journal of Geography. 57. 17 November 2012.
2. A. Vedel Tåning . Copeia . 1959 . 1959 . 1 . 86 . 1440125.
3. Fridriksson . Árni . Åge Vedel Tåning (1890–1958) . Journal du Conseil . 1959 . 24 . 2 . 211–214 . 10.1093/icesjms/24.2.211. free .
4. Web site: Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . 2018 . The ETYFish Project . 8 July 2019.
5. Web site: Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) . 1 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.