Rudie Hermann Kuiter (born 1943) is an Australian underwater photographer,
taxonomist
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,
marine biologist
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and
author
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of many identification guides to sea fishes. He has described new species of seahorses in the genus ''
Hippocampus
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Early life
Kuiter was born in
Amersfoort
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,
Netherlands
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and emigrated to Australia in 1964.
Career
Kuiter is best known for his photo-illustrated identification guides to fishes. Some are dedicated to fishes found in certain regions and others are more specialised publications which catalog various sub-groups of fishes.
Publications
* ''Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Fairy and Rainbow Wrasses: A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Fishes of South-Eastern Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Kaiserfische'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Acanthuroidei'' by Rudie H. Kuiter and Helmut Debelius
* ''Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Microcanthidae'' by Rudie H. Kuiter
* ''Indonesian Reef Fishes'' by Kuiter, R.H. & T. Tonozuka. 2001.
Honoria
*The clingfish ''
Kopua kuiteri'' was named in his honor.
See also
*
:Taxa named by Rudie Hermann Kuiter
References
Australian Museum: Rudie Hermann Kuiter - photographer
Australian marine biologists
Australian underwater divers
Underwater photographers
1943 births
Living people
Australian ichthyologists
Australian taxonomists
Dutch emigrants to Australia
People from Amersfoort
20th-century Australian zoologists
21st-century Australian zoologists
20th-century Australian photographers
21st-century Australian photographers
20th-century Dutch photographers
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