Erik Bertelsen (8 August 1912 – 18 March 1993) was a Danish ichthyologist, who specialised in deep sea fish. The fish, '' Diaphus bertelseni'' is named in his honour. He studied biology at the

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(1930 -) and in 1937 started work on the Dana collection at

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and also for the Danish Fisheries Investigation (DFI). He earned a doctorate in 1951 with his dissertation, ''The ceratioid fishes. Ontology, taxonomy, distribution and biology''. He was director of DFI from 1958 to 1971, when he resigned to work at the zoological museum of the University of Copenhagen, where with fewer administrative duties he was able to concentrate on his research on deep sea fish. In 1961 he was made a Knight of the

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. He authored over 50 taxa. See :Taxa named by Erik Bertelsen and
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His zoological author abbreviation is Bertelsen. In 1932 he participated in a fisheries biology research trip to the

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and

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. In 1933 (as part of the 7th Thule expedition) he carried out benthic studies in the Angmagssalik area, followed by work in 1935 in the south-east Greenland fjords and Icelandic fjords.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertelsen, Erik 1912 births 1993 deaths Danish ichthyologists 20th-century Danish zoologists Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog University of Copenhagen alumni