Max Poll

Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 - 13 March 1991) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika.

He has described several species of Pseudocrenilabrinae, such as Lamprologus signatus, Steatocranus casuarius, Neolamprologus brichardi, and Neolamprologus pulcher.

Named after him are species and taxons such as Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953, Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950, Pollichthys Grey, 1959, Polyipnus polli Schultz, 1961^[1], Microsynodontis polli Lambert, 1958^[2], and Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982^[3].

He was a member of The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium, professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles, and conservator at Musée Royal du Congo Belge in Tervuren. He is an honorary member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists^[4].

References

1. ^ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. P - tmbl.gu.se Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. P - b-neat.org
2. ^ Microsynodontis polli - scotcat.com
3. ^ Synodontis polli - planetcatfish.com
4. ^ ASIH Honorary Foreign Members - asih.org

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Name	Poll, Max
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Date of birth	21 July 1908
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Date of death	13 March 1991
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