Johann Jakob Heckel

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Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel , in publications also Jacob Heckel (born January 23, 1790 in Mannheim , † March 1, 1857 in Vienna ), was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist .

After studying agriculture, he devoted himself to the natural sciences with a focus on botany and ornithology . He is considered an excellent draftsman and taxidermist. Heckel later specialized in fish science. He worked closely with the great ichthyologists of his time such as Georges Cuvier , Achille Valenciennes and Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte .

Heckel's work on the cichlid collection of his colleague Johann Natterer , which he collected on his trips to Brazil , is well known.

Heckel died at the age of 67 from a bacterial infection that he probably contracted while rescuing a whale skeleton.

Publications

  • with Leopold Fitzinger : Monographic representation of the genus Acipenser . Annals of the Vienna Museum of Natural History 1, 1835, 261-326 online (PDF; 28.8 MB)
  • Scaphirhynchus a new genus of fish from the order of the Chondropterygians with free gills . Annals of the Vienna Museum of Natural History 1, 1835, pp. 69–78 online (PDF; 3.4 MB)
  • About some new or not properly differentiated cyprins, together with a systematic description of the European genera of this group . Annals of the Vienna Museum of Natural History 1, 1835, pp. 219–234 online (PDF; 6.6 MB)
  • Ichtyological contributions to the families of the Cottoids, Scorpaenoids, Gobioids and Cyprinoids . Annals of the Vienna Museum of Natural History 2, 1840, pp. 143–164 online (PDF; 1.5 MB)
  • Johann Natterer's new river fish in Brazil based on the discoverer's observations and reports . Annals of the Vienna Museum of Natural History 2, 1840, pp. 325–470 online (PDF; 8.7 MB)
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the fossil fish Austria treatise I. (Chirocentrites-Pimelodus) . Memorandum Akad. Wiss. Vienna 1_1, 1850, S- 201-242 online (PDF; 102 MB)
  • 10. Report on the occurrence of fossil fish in Seefeld in Tyrol and Monte Bolca in the Venetian region . Yearbook of the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute 001, 1850, pp. 696–701 online (PDF; 707 kB)
  • Report of a trip undertaken at the expense of the Imperial Academy of Sciences through Upper Austria to Salzburg, Munich, Innsbruck, Bozen, Verona, Padua, Venice and Trieste . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class 07, 1851, pp. 281–333 online (PDF; 3.5 MB)
  • A new species of fish from the White Nile, Propterus aethiopicus . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class 07, 1851, S- 685-689 online (PDF; 496 kB)
  • Sturgeon species in the lagoons near Venice . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class 07, 1851, pp. 547–563 online (PDF; 1.5 MB)
  • Lectures. Continuation of the report contained in the July issue of 1851 about an ichtyological trip undertaken at the expense of the Imperial Academy of Sciences . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class 08, 1852, pp. 347–391 online (PDF; 3.4 MB)
  • Description of Gymnarchus niloticus Cuv., After two specimens from the white Nile . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, mathematical and natural science class 9, 1852, pp. 680–681 online (PDF; 320 kB)
  • About the cyprines belonging to the genera Idus, Leuciscus and Squalius . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Class 9, 1852, pp. 49–123 online (PDF; 5.0 MB)
  • Lectures. Report on the sperm walls stranded near Cittanuova on August 15, 1853 . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Class 11, 1853, pp. 765–772 online (PDF; 719 kB)
  • Lectures. Report on the collection of fossil fish that arrived here by Mr Cavaliere Achille de Zigno . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Class 11, 1853, pp. 122-138 online (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  • Lectures. About fossil fish from Chiavon and the geological age of the layers containing them . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Class 11, 1853, pp. 322–334 online (PDF; 1.1 MB)
  • The fish of the Save . Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 2, 1853, pp. 130–131 online (PDF; 302 kB)
  • About distribution, nest and egg of Salicaria fluviatilis M. Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 2, 1853, pp. 127-130 online (PDF; 1.1 MB)
  • Description of the Gymnarchus niloticus Cuv. After two copies from the white Nile . Memorandum Akad. Wiss. Vienna 6_1, 1854, pp. 11–20 online (PDF; 1.3 MB)
  • On the structure and division of the pyenodonts, with a brief description of some new species of them . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class 12, 1854, pp. 433–464 online (PDF; 2.3 MB)
  • The fish of the Salzach . Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 4, 1854, pp. 189–196 online (PDF; 689 kB)
  • New contributions to the knowledge of fossil fish in Austria . Meeting reports of the Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Scientific Class 17, 1855, pp. 166–168 online (PDF; 458 kB)
  • Contributions to the knowledge of fossil fish in Austria . Memorandum Akad. Wiss. Vienna 11_1, 1856, pp. 187–274 online (PDF; 11.9 MB)
  • with Rudolf Kner : The freshwater fish of the Austrian monarchy with consideration for the neighboring countries . Monographs Vertebrata Pisces 0001, 1858 online (PDF; 32.7 MB)
  • with Rudolf Kner: New contributions to the knowledge of fossil fish in Austria . Memorandum Akad. Wiss. Vienna 19_1, 1861, pp. 49-76 online (PDF; 3.7 MB)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Heckel, Johann Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1857
Place of death Vienna