Johann Julius Walbaum

Johann Julius Walbaum (* June 30, 1724 in Wolfenbüttel; † August 21, 1799 in Lübeck ) was a German physician, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist. His biological author abbreviation is " Walbaum '.

He described many hitherto unknown species from remote areas such as the Great Barracuda ( Sphyraena barracuda ), a number of Pacific salmon species such as chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta ), pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ), sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka ), chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the convict sea bream ( Archos probatocephalus ) of the western Atlantic coasts, as well as the Curimata - pacu ( Prochilodus marggravii ) from the Rio São Francisco.

In Lübeck, he was among the founders of the still existing company for the carriage of community service.

His daughter Magdalene Juliane ( born December 14, 1775 † August 23, 1805 ) married the Lübeck physician Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer, who also wrote him a commemorative volume.

The Natural History Museum opened in 1893 in Lübeck ( Museum am Dom ) is based on extensive scientific Walbaums collections (which were, however, lost in the Second World War).

Publications

• Disputatio ... de venae sectione, 1749
• Index pharmacopolii completi cum calendario pharmaceutico, Gleditsch, Leipzig 1767-69
• Description of four colorful pigeons divers and the Eider goose, Lübeck 1778
• Chelonographia or description of some turtles for natural archetypes, Gleditsch, Leipzig and Lubeck 1782
• Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 59 ". Lipsiae ( = Leipzig) 1792.