Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French voyager and merchant from

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

. He is known as a collector of zoological species from southern Asia and regions around the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

between 1816 and 1840. These collections were later studied and classified by French

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...

s such as Georges Cuvier, Achille Valenciennes, among others.

Taxa named in his honor

Dussumier's name was lent to numerous species, and an entire

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of herrings is called ''

Dussumieria ''Dussumieria'' is the genus of rainbow sardines, a group within the round herring family Dussumieriidae. Species * '' Dussumieria acuta'' Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; ...

''. The following is a list of zoological species associated with Dussumier: Acanthurus dussumieri New Caledonia

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Acanthurus dussumieri ''Acanthurus dussumieri'', commonly known as Dussumier's surgeonfish, the eye-stripe surgeonfish or the ornate surgeonfish, is a ray-finned fish from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a maximum ...

'' – Dussumier's surgeonfish; aka Dussumieri

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*'' Accipiter badius dussumieri'' – subspecies of Indian

shikra The shikra (''Accipiter badius'') is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usual ...

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Ambassis ''Ambassis'' is a genus of fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the Indo-Pacific region, with species in fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters. This genus includes fish known commonly as glassies ...

dussumieri'' G. Cuvier, 1828; the Malabar glassy perchlet. *''

Anisakis ''Anisakis'' (a·nuh·saa·keez) is a genus of parasitic nematodes that have life cycles involving fish and marine mammals. They are infective to humans and cause anisakiasis. People who produce immunoglobulin E in response to this parasite ...

dussumieri'' – a marine

parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

*'' Arius dussumieri'' – blacktip sea catfish *'' Aspidontus dussumieri'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

, 1836) – lance blenny *'' Austrobatrachus dussumieri'' – flat

toadfish Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance. "Dogfish" is a name for certain species along the gulf coast. Dolphin-Toadfish relationship Toadfish mak ...

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Boleophthalmus ''Boleophthalmus '' is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' B. birdsongi'' Murdy, 1989 (Birdsong's mudskipper) * '' B. boddart ...

dussumieri''

, 1837 – a species of mudskipper in India *''

Brama dussumieri ''Brama dussumieri'', the lesser bream or lowfin pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in warm seas around the world. The specific name honours the French explorer and trader Jean-Jacqu ...

'' – lesser

bream Bream ( ) are species of freshwater and marine fish belonging to a variety of genera including '' Abramis'' (e.g., ''A. brama'', the common bream), '' Acanthopagrus'', ''Argyrops'', '' Blicca'', '' Brama'', '' Chilotilapia'', ''Etelis'', '' L ...

*'' Caligus dussumieri'' – a marine parasite *'' Carcharhinus dussumieri'' –

whitecheek shark The whitecheek shark or widemouth blackspot shark (''Carcharhinus dussumieri'') is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 34°N and 25°S. It can reach a length of 1 m. It feed ...

*'' Casarea dussumieri'' (

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, 1837) – Round Island keel-scaled boa Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Dussumier", p. 78). *''

Cinnyris ''Cinnyris'' is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in '' Nectarinia''. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers. The sun ...

dussumieri'' –

Seychelles sunbird The Seychelles sunbird (''Cinnyris dussumieri'') is a small passerine from the sunbird family. It is named after the French explorer Jean-Jacques Dussumier. It is native to the Seychelles, where it is known as ''kolibri'' in Seychellois Creole. ...

*'' Clarias dussumieri''

, 1840 – a species of air-breathing

catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive ...

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Coilia ''Coilia'', the grenadier anchovies, is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 12–13 species. They are found in East, Southeast and South Asia, and mostly inhabit estuarine regions, but there are also species in coastal marine habitats an ...

dussumieri''

, 1848 – goldspotted grenadier

anchovy An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. More than 140 species are placed in 1 ...

*'' Colletteichthys dussumieri'' (

, 1837) the flat toadfish. *'' Dieurostus dussumieri'' ( A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Dussumier's water snake *''Dipsochelys dussumieri'' (synonym of ''Aldabrachelys gigantea'') –

Aldabra giant tortoise The Aldabra giant tortoise (''Aldabrachelys gigantea'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. It is one of the largest tortoises in the world.Pritch ...

*'' Draco dussumieri'' A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – South Indian flying dragon *''

Hyporhamphus ''Hyporhamphus'' is a genus of halfbeaks. The species in this genus are distributed throughout the warmer seas of the world, most species being Indo-Pacific and there are some freshwater species. Species There are currently 37 recognized speci ...

dussumieri'' (

, 1847) – Dussumier's

halfbeak Hemiramphidae is a family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The halfbeaks are ...

*'' Istiblennius dussumieri'' (

, 1836) the streaky rockskipper a species of blenny *'' Johnius dussumieri'' – Dussumier's croaker *''

Labeo ''Labeo'' is a genus of carps in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia. It contains the typical labeos in the subfamily Labeoninae, which may not be a valid group, however ...

dussumieri'' (

, 1842) – Malabar Labeo *''

Leiognathus ''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are currently 7 recogni ...

dussumieri'' – Dussumier's

ponyfish Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoong' ...

*'' Liza dussumieri'' – Dussumier's mullet *''

Mariaella dussumieri ''Mariaella dussumieri'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae. ''Mariaella dussumieri'' is the type species of the genus ''Mariaella''. Its specific n ...

'' – an Asian species of slug *''

Mugil ''Mugil'' is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Mugil bananens ...

dussumieri'' – a species of gray mullet *'' Salarias dussumieri'' – Dussumier's blenny *'' Salmaciella dussumieri'' – a species of starfish *'' Semnopithecus dussumieri'' – southern plains

gray langur Gray langurs, also called Hanuman langurs and Hanuman monkeys, are Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent constituting the genus ''Semnopithecus''. Traditionally only one species ''Semnopithecus entellus'' was recognized, but since a ...

*'' Sphenomorphus dussumieri'' – Dussumier's forest skink *''

Tachysurus ''Tachysurus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares t ...

dussumieri'' –

from the Bay of Bengal *'' Tetronychoteuthis dussumieri'' – a small

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

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Thryssa ''Thryssa'' is a genus of anchovies in the family Engraulidae. It contains the following species: Species * '' Thryssa adelae'' ( Rutter, 1897) (Swatow thryssa) * '' Thryssa aestuaria'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Estuarine thryssa) * '' Thryssa ba ...

dussumieri'' – Dussumier's thryssa; an anchovy *''

Uca The fiddler crab or calling crab may be any of more than one hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae, well known for their sexually dimorphic claws; the males' major claw is much larger than the minor claw, whil ...

dussumieri'' – a species of

fiddler crab The fiddler crab or calling crab may be any of more than one hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae, well known for their sexually dimorphic claws; the males' major claw is much larger than the minor claw, while ...

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Expeditions and Surveys
Jean Jaques Dussumier's independent voyages. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dussumier, Jean-Jacques 1792 births 1883 deaths French zoologists French merchants 19th-century French businesspeople