Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (31 July 1809 in
Paris
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– 17 February 1876 in
Cluny
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) was a French
zoologist
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who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the ''
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
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'' (Paris), including an extensive biological survey of
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His primary fields of research included fish and
reptiles
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the Class (biology), class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsid, sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, Squamata, squamates (lizar ...
. He is credited with describing the ichthyological genera ''
Agonomalus'', ''
Neosebastes
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Taxonomy
Neosebastes was firs ...
'' (gurnard scorpionfishes) and ''
Glossanodon
''Glossanodon'' is a genus of fishes in the family Argentinidae.
Extant species
There are currently 15 recognized extant species in this genus:
* '' Glossanodon australis'' Kobyliansky, 1998 (Southern herring smelt)
* '' Glossanodon danieli'' ...
''.
[Publications: University series, Volumes 36-40]
by Stanford University He also described numerous new species, including the
New Caledonian crested gecko, ''Correlophus ciliatis'' (changed to ''Rhacodactylus ciliatus'' in 1994, but reclassified as ''Correlophus ciliatis'' in 2012).
He retired to solely an assistant naturalist position in 1856, and died in 1876 in
Cluny
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in 9 ...
, France.
Tribute
Several fish species commemorate his name, an example being ''
Paracanthobrama guichenoti
''Paracanthobrama guichenoti'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China. It is the only member of its genus.
Named in honor of Antoine Alphone Guichenot
Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (31 July 1809 in Paris – 17 February 1876 in Cluny ...
''
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''.[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Guichenot", p. 111).]
''Coreius guichenoti
''Coreius guichenoti'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Coreius'' found the upper reaches of the Yangtze
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'' ( Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) was also named in his honor.
Selected works
*(1839). ''Monographie de deux genres de poissons, les lépisostées et les polyptères, de la famille des elupcoïdes de Cuvier, et de celle des siagonotes de Duméril, précédée de quelques considérations sur ces genres''.
*(1847). ''Aperçu géographique sur les poissons du Chile''. Rev. Zool., 1847, 10, 333-336.
*(1848). ''Notice sur l'établissement d'un nouveau genre de Chétodons
égaprotodom' Rev. Zool., 1848, 11, 12-14.
*(1848). ''Peces de Chile'' (In
Gay, Claudio. ''Historia física v política de Chile''. Paris & Santiago, 1848). (in Spanish).
*(1850). ''Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie''. Paris, 1850. pis. 1850.2 Vol. iii, Zoologie. Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.
*(1859). ''Notice sur deux espèces nouvelles de poissons du genre Cyprinodon
- cyanogaster, C. dolmlus' Rev. Mag. Zool., 1859, 2. sér. 11, 377-380.
*(1866). ''Catalogue des poissons de Madagascar de la collection du Musée de Paris, avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles''. Mém. Soc. Sei. Nat. Cherbourg, 1866, 12, 129-148.
[A-K. 1916]
by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn
*(1866). ''Le Trigle polyommate, nouveau genre de poissons'', (etc.). Ichthyologie. Ann. Soc. Maine-et-Loire, IX. Alphonse Guichenot. Hoplonotus Guichenot, IX, 3; orthotype Trigla Polyommata Rich. Preoccupied in beetles, 1851; replaced by Pterygotrigla Waite (1899) and later by Otohime Jordan & Starks (1905).
*(1866). ''Le Zancle centrognathe, nouveau genre de Chitodons''. Ann. Soc. Maine-et-Loire, IX. Alphonse Guichenot. Gnathocentrum Guichenot, IX, 4; orthotype G. Centrognathum Guich. = Chaetodon Cornutus L . A synonym of Zanclus.
*(1866). ''L'Argentine leioglosse, nouveau genre de Salmonoides''. Ann. Soc. Maine-et-Loire, IX. Glossanodon Guichenot, IX, 9; orthotype Argentina Leioglossa Cuv. & Val.
*(1866). ''Notice sur un nouveau genre de la famille des Cottoides'', etc. Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg. Agonomalus Guichenot, 252; orthotype Aspidophalus Proboscidalis Val.
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*(1867). ''Notice sur le néosébaste, nouveau genre de poissons de la famille des scorpènoides, et description d'une nouvelle espèce equivalent French-language Wikipedia article (retrieved July 5, 2006).]
''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles'' by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
(biographical information).
See also
*:Taxa named by Alphonse Guichenot
References
External links
*:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; :fr:Ross Allen Sadlier, Sadlier, Ross A.; Anthony Whitaker, Whitaker, Anthony H. (2012)
"Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: ''Rhacodactylus'')". ''Zootaxa'' 3404: 1–52.
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1809 births
1876 deaths
Scientists from Paris
French zoologists
French ichthyologists
French herpetologists