Jacques Géry (12 March 1917,
Paris – 15 June 2007,
Sarlat,
France) was a French
ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...
. He was also a scientist and a Doctor of Medicine.
The most notable species he described are:
*
Green neon tetra, ''Paracheirodon simulans'' (Géry, 1963)
*
Black neon tetra, ''Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi'' (Géry, 1961)
* Royal tetra, ''
Inpaichthys kerri
''Inpaichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to South America and commonly seen in the aquarium trade.
Species
*'' Inpaichthys kerri'' Géry
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'' (Géry & Junk, 1977)
* Rummy-nose tetra, ''
Hemigrammus bleheri'' (Géry & Mahnert, 1986)
* Red phantom tetra, ''
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi'' (Géry, 1961)
* ''
Brittanichthys axelrodi'' (Géry, 1965)
* ''
Brittanichthys myersi'' (Géry, 1965)
See also
*
:Taxa named by Jacques Géry
References
* Jacques Géry: ''Characoids of the world.'' T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, .
External links
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Jacques Géry at aquapress-bleher.com
1917 births
2007 deaths
French ichthyologists
Scientists from Paris
20th-century French zoologists
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