Werner Ladiges
Werner Ladiges (born August 15, 1910 in Hamburg ; † November 13, 1984 there ) was a German zoologist .
Life
He studied zoology in Innsbruck and Hamburg, where he received his Dr. rer. nat. received his doctorate. In the same year his book Tropical Fish and numerous articles in relevant journals appeared in the aquarium field . He performed his main activity as a scientific ichthyologist at the Hamburg Zoological Museum.
In the aquarium hobby , Werner Ladiges succeeded in making a name for himself with his influential specialist book The Fish in the Landscape . He is also known to aquarists for the Celebes earfish ( Telmatherina ladigesi , today Marosatherina ladigesi ), which he discovered in 1935 and named after him, as well as for the peaceful fighting fish Betta imbellis, which he described in 1975 . For several years, Ladiges was the editor of the popular aquarium magazine TI - facts and information from aquaristics , which was published by the publishing house of the accessories manufacturer Tetra-Werke Ulrich Baensch GmbH in Melle .
Works
- Ladiges, Werner: Zierfischbilderbuch , Verlag Gustav Wenzel & Sohn, Braunschweig 1949
- Ladiges, Werner: The fish in the landscape , 2nd edition Verlag Gustav Wenzel & Sohn, Braunschweig 1951
- Ladiges, Werner: Through the jungle and primeval forest , Verlag Gustav Wenzel & Sohn, Braunschweig 1951
- Ladiges, Werner / Vogt, Dieter: The freshwater fish of Europe to the Urals and Caspian Sea , Paul Parey Publishing House, Hamburg, 1965
- Ladiges, Werner: Cold water fish in the house and garden . Melle: Tetra Publishing, 1976.
- Ladiges, Werner: floating gold from the Rio Ukayali. The adventurous discovery of the neon fish . Wuppertal: Engelbert Pfriem Verlag, 1973.
- Frickhinger, KA / Ladiges, W. / Wieser, KH: The new garden pond . Melle: Tetra Publishing, 1981.
literature
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Ladiges in the catalog of the German National Library
- Werner Ladiges is a member of the "Association for Aquarium and Terrarium Studies" in Munich
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ladiges, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoologist and aquaristic author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1984 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |