Alex Ploeg
Alex Ploeg (born March 29, 1956 in Velsen ; died July 17, 2014 near Hrabowe , Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine ) was a Dutch ichthyologist and lobbyist of the international ornamental fish trade .
Career
Alex Ploeg studied at the Utrecht University biology and a doctorate in 1983. In the following years he worked intensively with the genre crenicichla ( Crenicichla ) and wrote original descriptions of several species. In 1991 he defended his dissertation on this genus at the University of Amsterdam , a revision that contained fifteen initial descriptions. Of the more than ninety species of pike cichlid, almost twenty have been described by Ploeg, plus several synonyms .
From 1989 to 1991 Ploeg was curator of a show aquarium on Aruba and from 1991 to 1992 a fish farmer for ornamental fish on Bonaire . From 1993 to 2004 positions as manager at several companies in the ornamental fish trade followed. In 2004 he became general secretary of the international branch association of the ornamental fish industry . In 2006, he was Secretary General of the European Pet Organization and in 2009 he took on an advisory position at a Dutch industry association. In these positions, Ploeg was a lobbyist for the ornamental fish industry at national, European and international legislators and authorities. He represented the interests of his branch, which is subject to increasing restrictions in the fields of animal welfare and species protection .
On July 17, 2014, Alex Ploeg, his wife Edith, their son Robert and his friend Robin died when the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine . The couple left two daughters.
Dedication names (selection)
- Crenicichla ploegi Varella , Loeb , Lima & Kullander , 2018
- Gymnochanda ploegii Tan & Lim , 2014
Initial descriptions
- Crenicichla compressiceps Ploeg , 1986
- Crenicichla coppenamensis Ploeg , 1987
- Crenicichla cyclostoma Ploeg , 1986
- Crenicichla heckeli Ploeg , 1989
- Crenicichla hummelincki Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla inpa Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla isbrueckeri Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla jegui Ploeg , 1986
- Crenicichla menezesi Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla nickeriensis Ploeg , 1987
- Crenicichla pellegrini Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla pydanielae Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla regani Ploeg , 1989
- Crenicichla santosi Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla sipaliwini Ploeg , 1987
- Crenicichla stocki Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla sveni Ploeg , 1991
- Crenicichla tigrina Ploeg, Jegu & Ferreira , 1991
- Crenicichla virgatula Ploeg , 1991
Publications (selection)
- Alex Ploeg: The cichlid genus Crenicichla from the Tocantins River, State of Pará, Brazil, with descriptions of four new species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae) . In: Beaufortia 1986, Volume 36, No. 5, pp. 57-80, digitized .
- Alex Ploeg: Review of the cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from Surinam, with descriptions of three new species (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae) . In: Beaufortia 1987, Volume 37, No. 5, pp. 73-98, digitized .
- Alex Ploeg: Two new species of the genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 from the Amazon basin, Brazil . In: The aquarium and terrarium magazine ( DATZ ) 1989, Volume 42, No. 3, ISSN 1616-3222 , pp. 163-167.
- Alex Ploeg: Revision of the South American cichlid genus Crenicichla Heckel, 1840 with descriptions of fifteen new species and considerations on species groups, phylogeny and biogeography (Pisces, Perciformes, Cichlidae) . Dissertation, Universiteit van Amsterdam 1991.
- Alex Ploeg: Cichlids from Bonaire . In: The Aquarium and Terrarium Magazine (DATZ) 1992, Volume 45, No. 12, pp. 803–805.
- Alex Ploeg: The breeding of the striped seahorse at Marcultura . In: The aquarium and terrarium magazine (DATZ) 1993, Volume 46, No. 5, pp. 304-306.
- Alex Ploeg, Michael Jégu and Efrem Ferreira: Crenicichla tigrina, une nouvelle espèce de Cichlidae (Pisces, Perciformes) du Rio Trombetas, Pará, Brésil . In: Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum 1991, Volume 13, No. 1, pp. 1-11, digitized .
Individual evidence
- ^ Family obituary notice. In: VARnws Leidsche Rijn. July 31, 2014, accessed May 27, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ a b c Frank Schäfer: In Memoriam: Alex Ploeg , Aqualog website, July 22, 2014, accessed on June 2, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Rainer Stawikowski: Alex Ploeg † . In: DATZ 2014, No. 9, p. 15, ISSN 1616-3222 .
- ^ A b Roberto Hensen and Gerald Bassleer: International Ornamental Fish Community Suffers Tragic Loss , Ornamental Fish International website, July 23, 2014, accessed June 2, 2019.
- ↑ Henrique Rosa Varella et al .: Crenicichla ploegi, a new species of pike-cichlid of the C. saxatilis group from the Rio Juruena and upper Rio Paraguai basins in Brazil, with an updated diagnosis and biogeographical comments on the group (Teleostei: Cichlidae ) . In: Zootaxa 2018, Volume 4377, No. 3, pp. 361–386, doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4377.3.3 .
- ↑ Heok Hui Tan and Kelvin KP Lim: Gymnochanda ploegi, a new species of ambassid glassperch from West Kalimantan, Indonesia . In: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2018, Volume 62, pp. 688-695, digitized .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ploeg, Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch ichthyologist and lobbyist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velsen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 2014 |
| Place of death | near Hrabove , Donetsk Oblast , Ukraine |