Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (6 May 1870, Hamburg – 28 July 1953, Ahrensburg) was a German ichthyologist.
Biography He studied at the universities of Kiel, Freiburg, and Berlin, receiving his doctorate at Kiel in 1895. Following graduation he lived and worked in Karlsruhe, Plymouth, Naples, Cold Spring Harbor (Long Island N.Y.), and Würzburg. From 1901 he worked as a curator for a year at the Selangor State Museum in Kuala Lumpur, afterwards returning to Europe, where he spent another year in Naples.Duncker, (Paul) Georg (Egmont) Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
He was a member of the Hamburg Südsee-Expedition (1908-10) during its first year in Oceania, of which, he collected specimens on behalf of the Hamburg Zoological Museum. From 1928 onward, he worked as a curator and professor at the Museum. In 1939 he became an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists."Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
In 1904 he described the Harlequin rasbora, Trigonostigma heteromorpha, a fish species that inhabits the forest streams of Southeast Asia.Trigonostigma heteromorpha FishBase
Taxon named in his honor Taxa with the specific epithet of dunckeri honor his name, such as: Barbodes dunckeri (Ahl 1929), sometimes referred to as a bigspot barb. Phallostethus dunckeri (Regan 1913). Solegnathus dunckeri (Whitley, 1927), sometimes referred to as Duncker's pipehorse.Solegnathus dunckeri Whitley, 1927 GBIF.orgThe ETYFish Project Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAEFull text of "Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences" Halicampus dunckeri or also commonly known as the Duncker's pipefish or ridgenose pipefish is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. that is named after him.
Published works Die Fische der malayischen Halbinsel, In: Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, volume 21 (1904) – Fish of the Malay Peninsula. Die Gattungen der Syngnathidae, In: Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, volume 19 (1912) – Genera of the family Syngnathidae.Biodiversity Library Book titles
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Georg Duncker
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