Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist

Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist (20 February 1809 – 3 December 1887) was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1851 to 1856.

Taxon named in his honor

• The fish yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii was named after him.
• Iniistius twistii, the Redblotch razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.

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