Bruno Hofer

Bruno Hofer ( * December 15 1861 in the Rhine / East Prussia, † July 7, 1916 in Munich ) was a German ichthyologist who has, among other things Coregonus bavaricus described scientifically, a Renkenart from the Ammersee west of Munich. Supporting documentation of Hofer's ichthyological work is still partially present in the Zoological State Collection Munich. Its focus is to Hofer's scientific work dealt but with the fisheries biology; He is considered the founder of the Institute of Zoology, Fish Biology and Fish Diseases in the Kaulbachstrasse in Munich and its branch, the former Fraunhofer Institute in Wielenbach, today's Bavarian pond Economic Research Institute Wielenbach. He discovered, among others, the causative agent of disease in fish rotation, Myxobolus cerebralis. Bruno Hofer wrote standard works on fish diseases and was instrumental in the Bavarian fisheries legislation with. He is also regarded as an early champion of the environment.

Curriculum vitae

Bruno Hofer studied natural sciences in Königsberg. He habilitated in Munich. His first limnological studies he makes of East Prussian lakes. Later he became an assistant at the Zoological Institute in Munich and a lecturer of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Munich.

In 1894 he is Custos of comparative anatomical collection of the State of Bavaria. From 1896 he is professor of ichthyology at the veterinary school in Munich. In 1898 he is Associate Professor of Zoology and Ichthyology, before being appointed full professor in 1908.

Ehrentaxa

The ichthyologist Lev Semenovich Berg named the Chiemsee whitefish (Coregonus hoferi ) in honor of Bruno Hofer.

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