Rudie Kuiter

Rudie Kuiter is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist.

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He was born in the Netherlands, and moved to Australia in 1964. He became interested in fish at a very young age, becoming a keen aquarist and fisherman until he came to Australia, where he took up diving and photography.

He worked as an electronic engineer, and studied marine fishes in the Sydney area as a hobby for fifteen years until he moved to Melbourne, where he extended his interest to temperate species. He became an associate with the Australian Museum and began working with ichthyologists in various institutes, publishing papers on taxonomy and biology of fishes.

He developed his own fish photography techniques - these photographs were used both in popular articles in magazines and in scientific publications. The hobby turned into a profession in 1978.

He is the author of numerous publications including several of the current books on fishes of southern Australian waters.

Publications

• Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia by Rudie H. Kuiter
• A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Fairy and Rainbow Wrasses: A Comprehensive Guide to Selected Labroids by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Fishes of South-Eastern Australia by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Kaiserfische by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Coastal Fishes of South-Eastern Australia by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Surgeonfishes, Rabbitfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Acanthuroidei by Rudie H. Kuiter and Helmut Debelius
• Butterflyfishes, Bannerfishes and Their Relatives: A Comprehensive Guide to Chaetodontidae and Microcanthidae by Rudie H. Kuiter
• Indonesian Reef Fishes by Kuiter, R.H. & T. Tonozuka. 2001.

References

• Australian Museum