Teodor T. Nalbant (December 18, 1933 – November 12, 2011) was aRomanianichthyologist.
Born inConstanţa, near theBlack Sea, Nalbant spent some of his childhood amongfishermen in theDanube Delta.[1] After finishing high school, he studiedbiology, first inCluj, and then at theUniversity of Bucharest.[1] While in Cluj, Nalbant befriendedPetre Mihai Bănărescu, who would become a collaborator on many publications.[1] Nalbant published over 150 papers on a variety of subjects in and related to his field.[1] He worked at theGrigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History and participated in numerous expeditions to regions of theAtlantic,Indian andPacific Oceans.[1]
Taxa named for Nalbant include genusNalbantichtys (Schultz, 1967), subgenusNalbantius (Mauge and Bauchot, 1984) and speciesSchistura nalbanti (Mîrza and Bănărescu, 1979) andCyclaspis nalbanti (Petrescu, 1998).
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