Albert Günther
Also known as Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther, Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, Albert C. L. G. Gunther, A.C.L.G. Günther, A. C. L. G. Günther
Anglo-German zoologist (1830–1914)
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- Catalogue of Physostomi, Containing the Families Salmonide, Percopside, Galaxide, Mormyride, Gymnarchide, Esocide, Umbride, Scombresocide, Cyprinodont
- Catalogue of the Acanthopterygian Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum -
- Guide to the Galleries of Reptiles and Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History)
- Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum
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Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described and the third-most productive fish taxonomist with about 1600 fish species described.
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1830 births1914 deaths19th-century British zoologists19th-century German zoologists20th-century British zoologistsBritish curatorsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish herpetologistsBritish ichthyologistsBritish taxonomistsCorresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesEmployees of the Natural History Museum, London