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Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873, Paris – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist.

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Jacques Pellegrin
Born	(1873-06-12)12 June 1873 Paris, France
Died	12 August 1944(1944-08-12) (aged 71) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Scientific career
Fields	Herpetology Ichthyology Zoology
Institutions	Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

In Paris, he worked under zoologist Léon Vaillant (chair of reptiles and fishes) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. From 1897, Pellegrin served as préparateur at the museum. He obtained doctorates in medicine (1899) and science (1904), and in 1908 was named as an assistant director.[1]

After many missions abroad, he became sub-director of the museum in 1937, and replaced Louis Roule (1861–1942) as the chairperson of herpetology and ichthyology.

He published over 600 scientific books and articles and discovered around 350 new species. He named a number of fishes from the family Cichlidae, such as the genera Astatoreochromis, Astatotilapia, Boulengerochromis, Lepidiolamprologus, Nanochromis and Ophthalmotilapia.

Taxa named in his honor

He has the following species named in his honor:

• The Clingfish Apletodon pellegrini [2]
• Enteromius pellegrini (Pellegrin's barb) [3]
• The Pike Cichlid Crenicichla pellegrini Ploeg, 1991[4][5]
• The Yellow hump eartheater cichlid Geophagus pellegrini Regan, 1912[6]
• Nemacheilus pellegrini [7]

World War Activities

He fought with the French Partisans during World War II against the Wehrmacht, and was subsequently killed by an MG42 while trying to peep from his hiding spot.

Selected writings

• Contribution à l'étude anatomique, biologique et taxinomique des poissons de la famille des cichlidés, 1903 – Contribution to the anatomical, biological and taxonomic study of fish of the family Cichlidae.
• Les Poissons du bassin du Tchad, 1912 – Fish of the Lake Chad basin.
• Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique du Nord Française : Maroc, Algérie, Tunisie, Sahara, 1921 – Freshwater fish of French North Africa; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Sahara.
• Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale : du Sénégal au Niger, 1923 – Freshwater fish of western Africa; Senegal and Niger.
• Poissons du Chiloango et du Congo, 1928 – Fish from the Chiloango and the Congo.
• Les poissons des eaux douces d'Asie-Mineure, 1928 – Freshwater fish of Asia Minor
• Les poissons des eaux douces de Madagascar et des îles voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes), 1933 – Freshwater fish of Madagascar and neighboring islands (Comoros, Seychelles, Mascarenes).[8]

See also

• List of Chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
• Category:Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the German Wikipedia; sources listed as "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin" & "Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München".

References

На других языках

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- [en] Jacques Pellegrin

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[ru] Пеллегрен, Жак (зоолог)

Жак Пеллегрен, также в русской научной литературе Жак Пеллегрин (фр. Jacques Pellegrin, 12 июля 1873 (1873-07-12), Париж — 12 августа 1944, Париж) — французский зоолог, наиболее известен своими работами по ихтиологии.

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