Jacques Daget (30 June 1919, Vineuil – 29 June 2009), was a French ichthyologist. He was a professor at the

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, in Paris. Several marine species have been named after him.

Species named after him

Species named after Daget include: * Claroteidae ''Chrysichthys dageti'' Risch 1992 * Cichlidae ''Tilapia dageti'' Thys van den Audenaerde 1971 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti dageti''

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, 1953 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti monroviae'' Arnoult & Daget 1965

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daget, Jacques 1919 births 2009 deaths French ichthyologists 20th-century French zoologists

Species named after him

See also

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