Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde

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Dirk Frans Elisabeth Thys van den Audenaerde (born 14 March 1934 in Mechelen) is a Belgian ichthyologist. He is an honorary director of the Royal Museum for Central Africa and professor emeritus at the KU Leuven.^[1][2][3][4]