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, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...
specializing on Old World
cypriniform
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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
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 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