Jean-Pierre Gosse (May 14, 1924 – June 6, 2001) was a Belgian biologist and ichthyologist.[1]
Life and career
editGosse was a biologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.[2]
Gosse went on missions in South America with Leopold III of Belgium.[2]
Gosse described the following species:
- Cichlasoma lyonsi, 1966 (Amphilophus)[3]
- Geophagus wavrini, 1963 (Biotodoma)[3]
- Geophagus harreri, 1976 (Geophagus)[3][4]
- Pterophyllum leopoldi, 1963 (Pterophyllum)[3]
- Retroculus septentrionalis, 1971 (Retroculus)[3]
- Retroculus xinguensis, 1971 (Retroculus)[3]
Taxon described by him
editTaxon named in his honor
editLethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973 [5]
References
edit- ^ "Jean-Pierre Gosse". The Cichlid Room Companion. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Vertebrates: Collection Overview". Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Jean-Pierre Gosse: species described". The Cichlid Room Companion. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily CICHLINAE (d-w)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
External links
edit- Jean-Pierre Gosse at ZooBank
- Jean-Pierre Gosse at WorldCat
- Jean-Pierre Gosse at IdRef
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