Rudie Hermann Kuiter
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Rudie Hermann Kuiter (born 1943)[1] is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, marine biologist and author of many identification guides to sea fishes. He described new species of seahorses in the genus Hippocampus.
Early life
[edit]Kuiter was born in Amersfoort, Netherlands and emigrated to Australia in 1964.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Multiple fish species and one genus have been named in his honor: the damselfish Amblypomacentrus kuiteri,[2] dragonet Dactylopus kuiteri, deepwater clingfish Kopua kuiteri, wrasse Macropharyngodon kuiteri,[3] weedfish Heteroclinus kuiteri and the frogfish genus Kuiterichthys.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Rudie H. Kuiter". www.korallenriff.de. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "Amblypomacentrus kuiteri summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ↑ "Kuiter's Wrasse, Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall 1978". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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