Jörg Arthur Freyhof (born 4 November 1964 in
Ludwigshafen
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) is a
German
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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 O ...
specializing on Old World
cypriniform fishes.
[Dr. Jörg Freyhof]
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Freyhof has worked at the
Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, and since 2000 he has been employed at the
, Berlin.
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Bibliography
*Maurice Kottelat & Jörg Freyhof (2007) ''Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes'' Published by the authors. .
*Jörg Freyhof & Emma Brooks (2011
European Red List of Freshwater Fishes
Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
See also
* :Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof
References
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Living people
1964 births
German ichthyologists