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Albert C. L. G Günther

United Kingdom
last updated on 16-Feb-2014

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 currently ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described.

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Species described (53):

Agonostoma globiceps Günther, 1874, synonym
Heros trimaculatus Günther, 1867 (Amphilophus), valid
Heros macracanthus Günther, 1864 (Astatheros), valid
Tetragonopterus aeneus Günther, 1860 (Astyanax), valid
Atherinichthys guatemalensis Günther, 1864 (Atherinella), valid
Gobius transandeanus Günther, 1861 (Awaous), valid
Ceratichthys sallaei Günther, 1868 (Aztecula), valid
Centropomus brevis Günther, 1864, synonym
Centropomus medius Günther, 1864 (Centropomus), valid
Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864 (Centropomus), valid
Mugil proboscideus Günther, 1861 (Chaenomugil), valid
Characodon lateralis Günther, 1866 (Characodon), valid
Heros intermedius Günther, 1862 (Chuco), valid
Citharichthys spilopterus Günther, 1862 (Citharichthys), valid
Heros nigrofasciatus Günther, 1867 (Cryptoheros), valid
Heros spilurus Günther, 1862 (Cryptoheros), valid
Gerres axillaris Günther, 1864 (Diapterus), valid
Meletta petenense Günther, 1867 (Dorosoma), valid
Eleotris longiceps Günther, 1864, synonym
Cyprinodon carpio Günther, 1866 (Floridichthys), valid
Fundulus pachycephalus Günther, 1866, synonym
Lembus maculatus Günther, 1859 (Gobiomorus), valid
Gobius mexicanus Günther, 1861, synonym
Hemichromis guttatus Günther, 1862 (Hemichromis), valid
Heros angulifer Günther, 1862, synonym
Heros parma Günther, 1862, synonym
Leuciscus boucardi Günther, 1868 (Hybopsis), valid
Ceratichthys cumingii Günther, 1868 (Hybopsis), valid
Amiurus meridionalis Günther, 1864 (Ictalurus), valid
Sclerognathus meridionalis Günther, 1868 (Ictiobus), valid
Leuciscus zunnensis Günther, 1868, synonym
Limnurgus variegatus Günther, 1866, synonym
Heros urophthalmus Günther, 1862 (Mayaheros), valid
Meletta libertatis Günther, 1867 (Opisthonema), valid
Heros managuensis Günther, 1866 (Parachromis), valid
Chromis nebulifera Günther, 1860 (Paraneetroplus), valid
Petenia splendida Günther, 1862 (Petenia), valid
Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866, synonym
Mollienesia petenensis Günther, 1866 (Poecilia), valid
Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866, synonym
Girardinus pleurospilus Günther, 1866 (Poeciliopsis), valid
Pristipoma leuciscus Günther, 1864 (Pomadasys), valid
Fundulus labialis Günther, 1866 (Profundulus), valid
Fundulus punctatus Günther, 1866 (Profundulus), valid
Mollienesia jonesii Günther, 1874 (Pseudoxiphophorus), valid
Pimelodus guatemalensis Günther, 1864 (Rhamdia), valid
Theraps irregularis Günther, 1862 (Theraps), valid
Heros salvini Günther, 1862 (Trichromis), valid
Solea fonsecensis Günther, 1862 (Trinectes), valid
Chromis fenestrata Günther, 1860 (Vieja), valid
Heros guttulatus Günther, 1864 (Vieja), valid
Heros melanurus Günther, 1862 (Vieja), valid
Platypoecilus maculatus Günther, 1866 (Xiphophorus), valid

Genera described (5):

Publications (13):

Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1859. "Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 1:1-524 (ffm00409)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1860. "On new reptiles and fishes from Mexico". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27(1860)::316-319 (ffm00026)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1861. "Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 3:1-586 (ffm00410)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1862. "Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 4; i-xxi + 1-534 (ffm00035)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 5:1-455 (ffm00226)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1864. "Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864:144-154 (ffm00137)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1866. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6:1-368 (ffm04521)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1867. "On the fishes of the states of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1866:600-604 (ffm00014)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1868. "An account of the fishes of the states of Central America, based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 6(7):377-494, Pls63-87 (ffm00616)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1868. "An account of the fishes of the states of Central America, based on collections made by Capt. J. M. Dow, F. Godman, Esq., and O. Salvin, Esq". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 6(7):377-494, Pls63-87 (ffm06106)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1868. "Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,.. Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 7:1-512 (ffm00092)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1873. "Report on a collection of fishes from China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(69):239-250 (ffm00449)
Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1874. "Descriptions of new species of fishes in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14(83):368-371 (ffm04584)