Heiko Bleher

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Heiko Bleher (born October 18, 1944 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a researcher , photographer, filmmaker and ichthyologist who has made an excellent reputation in the scientific world as a connoisseur of fresh and brackish water habitats. He discovered many species of fish and aquatic plants, some of which bear his name, including Hemigrammus bleheri, Leporinus bleheri, Bleheratherina pierucciae, Streatocranus bleheri, Channa bleheri, Phenacogrammus bleheri, Moenkhausia heikoi, Chilatherina bleheri, and Vrisea bleheri.

Life

Bleher was born in a bunker during the air raids on Frankfurt am Main . As a child he lived with his mother, Amanda Flora Hilda Bleher, née Kiel, and his three older siblings first in Frankfurt and then, from 1954, for several years in the Brazilian jungle, where they looked for aquatic plants and ornamental fish along the Rio Guaporé (Río Iténez) . Bleher, according to his own admission, inherited his passion for hydrophytes and ichthyofauna from his mother or grandfather Adolf Kiel , a pioneer of aquaristics who became known as the “father of aquatic plants” and began breeding koi as early as 1877 . In 1962 he went to study at the University of South Florida , Tampa to study ichthyology. He also worked on several of the largest fish farms in the region and built a reputation as a breeder capable of converting wild species into aquarium fish through breeding programs.

In the decades that followed, he discovered a number of species of fish, including discus fish , tetras and rainbow fish on his worldwide expeditions, which he still carries out mostly alone. In autumn 2008 he and his wife were arrested in Brazil for allegedly trying to bring fish preserved in formalin and alcohol out of the country without a permit. However, Bleher, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in Brazil, believed he had been targeted by the authorities for his open opposition to the destruction of the rainforest.

Bleher is known among aquarists not only for his many new discoveries and imports, but also for his lectures. Heiko Bleher is editor of several books and managing editor of the scientific journal aqua - International Journal of Ichthyology . He currently lives in Miradolo Terme , Italy.

Dedication names

The following genera and species were named after its discoverer, Heiko Bleher:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flávio CT Lima, Luiz R. Malabarba, Paulo Andreas Buckup, José F. Pezzi da Silva, Richard P. Vari, Antony Harold, Ricardo C. Benine, Osvaldo Takeshi Oyakawa, CS Pavanelli, Naercio A. Menezes, Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, Maria Claudia Malabarba, Carlos Alberto Santos de Lucena, Roberto Esser Reis, Francisco Langeani, Cristiano Rangel Moreira et al .: Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae . In: Roberto Esser Reis, Sven O. Kullander, Carl J. Ferraris (eds. :): Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America . Edipucrs, Porto Alegre, Brasil, 2003. pp. 106-168.
  2. ↑ Jacques Géry: A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. Sp., From the Rio Guaporé-Iténes basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophys: Characiformes) . In: Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 3, 3 (1999). Pp. 105-112.
  3. ↑ Aarn Ivantsoff, Walter Ivantsoff: Description of a new subfamily, genus and species of a freshwater atherinid, Bleheratherina pierucciae (Pisces: Atherinidae) from New Caledonia . In: Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 15, 1 (2009). Pp. 13-28.
  4. ↑ Manfred Meyer: Description of a new Steatocranus species from Luapula River system, Zaire (Teleostei, Perciformes: Cichlidae) . In: Zoologische Abhandlungen , Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden 47, 9 (1993), pp. 113-120.
  5. ↑ Chun-Guang Zhang, Prachya Musikasinthorn, Katsutoshi Watanabe: Channa nox, a new channid fish lacking a pelvic fin from Guangxi, China . In: Ichthyological Research 49, 2 (2002), pp. 140-146.
  6. ^ J. Géry: Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept in the Alestinae . In: Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 1, 4 (1995), pp. 37-64.
  7. ^ Tiago Pinto Carvalho, Vinicius Araújo Bertaco: Two new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characidae) from upper rio Tapajós basin on Chapada dos Parecis, central Brazil . In: Neotropical Ichthyology 4, 3 (2006), pp. 301-308.
  8. ↑ Gerald R. Allen: Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea . Christensen Research Institute, (= Christensen Research Institute 9), Madang, Papua New Guinea 1991, ISBN 9980853042 . P. 268.
  9. ^ Jürgen Röth, Wilhelm Weber: Bromeliaceae Vriesea bleheri . In: Bradea 2, 38 (1978), p. 262.
  10. ^ Emily Voigt: The Dragon Behind the Glass. A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish. Scribner, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4516-7895-6 , p. 61.
  11. ↑ a b The woman with the Tarzan heart. In: Frankfurter Rundschau of December 31, 2005. ( pdf )
  12. ^ Emily Voigt: The Dragon Behind the Glass. A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish. Scribner, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4516-7895-6 , p. 250.
  13. ↑ Heiko Bleher: Adventure trip for the aquarium hobby in: DATZ - Die Aquarien- und Terrarium-Zeitschrift 38, 4, 1985, p. 116.
  14. ^ Emily Voigt: The Dragon Behind the Glass. A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish. Scribner, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4516-7895-6 , p. 63.
  15. ^ Emily Voigt: The Dragon Behind the Glass. A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish. Scribner, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4516-7895-6 , p. 65.
  16. ^ Emily Voigt: The Dragon Behind the Glass. A True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish. Scribner, New York 2017, ISBN 978-1-4516-7895-6 , p. 62.
  17. ↑ Peter Schubert: Chilatherina bleheri Allen, 1985. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (ed.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 223.

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personal data
SURNAME Bleher, Heiko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German adventurer and ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main