Rudolf Kner

Rudolf Kner (24 August 1810 – 27 October 1869) was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist.
Kner was born in Linz. He studied medicine to completion and then worked at the "Kaiserlichen Hof-Naturalienkabinett" (now Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) in Vienna, where he worked with Johann Jakob Heckel, among others. In 1841, he became professor for natural science at Lviv University. He returned to Vienna as professor of zoology (16 November 1849). His primary field of study was ichthyology, with interests in paleontology and geology.
Kner died in Vienna.
Legacy.
The fish genus "Kneria" was named in his honor by Franz Steindachner.
The catfish "Oxydoras kneri" was named in his honor by Pieter Bleeker.
Kner's goby "Pomatoschistus knerii" although the patronym not identified but certainly in honor of Franz Steindachner's Vienna colleague, ichthyologist Rudolf Kner 