Walter Ivantsoff
Walter Ivantsoff (* before 1968) is an Australian ichthyologist .
He was employed at Macquarie University in Sydney from 1968 until his retirement in 2000 and has been a Senior Research Fellow ever since .
In the 1970s he completed his doctoral thesis, which was supervised by the director of the Australian Museum . Ivantsoff participated in the museum's expeditions to collect fish in many areas of Australia.
Walter Ivantsoff mainly deals scientifically with the Old World earfish ( Atherinidae ) and their systematics (biology) , in particular the blue eyes ( Pseudomugilidae ) and the genera hard-headed ( Craterocephalus ) and Iso as well as the Sulwesi rainbow fish ( Telmatherinidae ) and the actual rainbow fish ( Melanotaenidae ) . He has scientifically described several fish species, often together with ichthyologists Gerald R. Allen and LELM Crowley .
The blue-eyed Pseudomugil ivantsoffi was named in his honor .
Web links
- Walter Ivantsoff at www.australianmuseum.net.au, accessed on May 21, 2015
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ivantsoff, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian ichthyologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1968 |