Jacques Pellegrin

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Jacques Pellegrin (born June 12, 1873 in Paris , † August 12, 1944 in Paris) was a French herpetologist and ichthyologist .

Life

Pellegrin studied natural history . In 1894 he became a taxidermist at the zoology section at the Paris National Museum of Natural History , instead of Léon Vaillant (1834-1914).

He successfully submitted doctoral theses in medicine (1899) and natural science (1904). In 1908 he was appointed deputy chairman of the department.

After many research trips, mostly to the French colonies, he became deputy chairman of the museum in 1937, replacing Louis Roule as head of herpetology and ichthyology .

He published over 600 scientific monographs and writings and discovered around 350 new species . Pellegrin named a number of species of fish from the Cichlidae family . In addition, several species have been given nicknames in his honor. z. E.g . : Geophagus pellegrini .

Fonts (selection)

  • Petit atlas des poissons, III Poissons des eaux douces - Espèces françaises Paris 1943
  • Les Poissons des eaux douces de Madagascar et des iles voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes) 1933 222 pp.
  • Poissons du Chiloango et du Congo recueillis par l'expédition du Dr H. Schouteden (1920-1922) Tervuren 1928
  • Voyage zoologique d'Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Asie-Mineure (avril-may 1912) Paris: Baillière, 1928 150 pp.
  • Les Poissons d'Eau douce de l'Indo-Chine: Conference faite au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle par Jacques Pellegrin . Augustin Challamel, Paris 1907. 23 pp.

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  1. ↑ Berlin State Library
  2. ^ Bavarian State Library, Munich
personal data
SURNAME Pellegrin, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French herpetologist and ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1944
Place of death Paris