Heinz Steinitz
Three sons were born to Heinz Steinitz and Dr. Ruth Steinitz. Each turned to sciences: Raphael Steinitz, an astrophysicist, is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheba; Gideon Steinitz, a senior geologist, was the former Head of the Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem; and Benjamin Steinitz, a plant scientist retired as a senior research scientist in the fields of plant physiology and horticulture at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion.
Heinz Steinitz
Steinitz carried out research on a number of fish families, among them the Blenniidae, Cichlidae and Cyprinodontidae . He published nearly sixty papers in his different research fields, including on the discovery of fish new to science like the Kinneret-Sardine "Acanthobrama terraesanctae", "Garra Barreimiae" (together with Henry Weed Fowler), and "Tristramella sacra intermedia" (together with A. Ben-Tuvia). Some of his publications appeared in special platforms he initiated and edited like the "Contributions to the Knowledge of the Red Sea", "Israel South Red Sea Expedition Scientific Reports", and "Contributions to the Knowledge of Lake Tiberias". Together with Otto Haim Oren he published a "Regional Bibliography of the Mediterranean coast of Israel and the adjacent Levant countries" and "Bibliography on Lake Kinnereth (Lake Tiberias)".