Alberto Nani

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Alberto Nani Caputo (born on May 15, 1913 in Buenos Aires ; died on June 23, 1989 there ) was an Argentine ichthyologist .

Life

Nani studied zoology and worked from 1931 as a student assistant in the department of ichthyology of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia in Buenos Aires . After completing his studies, he joined the museum in 1937. From 1942 to 1947 Nani took part in six research trips to the Argentine Antarctic Territory . From 1959 to 1966 he was Professor Asociado at the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Science at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . From 1966 Nani worked in the National Fisheries Directorate.

With his colleague María Luisa Fuster de Plaza , Nani published the first description of Hypophthalmus oremaculatus in 1947 , an economically important species of aerial catfish that is widespread in large parts of South America . The first description of Notomyxine , a species of hagfish , followed in 1951 along with Francisco S. Gneri .

Alberto Nani was honored with the species name of Eptatretus nanii Wisner & CB McMillan , in 1988, a hagfish from the waters off Valparaíso . The honor was given for his early research on the hagfish of Chile, for his technical support of the authors and for the provision of comparative copies.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hugo L. López, Justina Ponte Gómez, Alberto Espinach Ros: Ictiólogos de Argentina. Alberto Nani . Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires 2015, digitized .
  2. ↑ Alberto Nani, Mara Luisa Fuster de Plaza (1947): Hypophthalmus oremaculatus una nueva especie del orden Nematognathi (Pisces, Hypophthal.) . Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" , Volume 2, Pages 1-9, ZDB -ID 27350-8 .
  3. ^ Alberto Nani, Francisco S. Gneri (1951): Introducción al estudio de los Mixinoideos sudamericanos. I. Un nuevo género de Babosa de Mar, Notomyxine (clase Myxini, familia Myxinidae) . Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Zoología , Volume 2, Number 4, Pages 183-224, ZDB -ID 27365-X .
  4. ^ Robert L. Wisner, Charmion B. McMillan (1988): A new species of hagfish, genus Eptatretus (Cyclostomata, Myxinidae), from the Pacific Ocean near Valparaiso, Chile, with new data on E. bischoffii and E. polytrema . Transactions of the San Diego society of natural history , 21st vol., Number 14, pages 227-244, digitized .
personal data
SURNAME Nani, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nani Caputo, Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1989
Place of death Buenos Aires