Jean-Jacques Dussumier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French zoologist and merchant
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Place of Birth: Bergerac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Jean-Jacques Dussumier
- Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French voyager and merchant from Bordeaux.
- He is known as a collector of zoological species from southern Asia and regions around the Indian Ocean between 1816 and 1840.
- These collections were later studied and classified by French zoologists such as Georges Cuvier, Achille Valenciennes, among others.
- Dussumier's name was lent to numerous species, and an entire genus of herrings is called Dussumieria.
- The following is a list of zoological species associated with Dussumier: Acanthurus dussumieri – Dussumier's surgeonfish; aka Dussumieri tang Accipiter badius dussumieri – subspecies of Indian shikra Ambassis dussumieri – Malabar glassy perchlet Anisakis dussumieri – a marine parasite Arius dussumieri – blacktip sea catfish Aspidontus dussumieri – lance blenny Austrobatrachus dussumieri – flat toadfish Boleophthalmus dussumieri – a species of mudskipper in India Brama dussumieri – lesser bream Caligus dussumieri – a marine parasite Carcharhinus dussumieri – whitecheek shark Casarea dussumieri – Round Island keel-scaled boa Cinnyris dussumieri – Seychelles sunbird Clarias dussumieri – a species of air-breathing catfish Coilia dussumieri – goldspotted grenadier anchovy Dieurostus dussumieri – Dussumier's water snake Dipsochelys dussumieri (synonym of Aldabrachelys gigantea) – Aldabra giant tortoise Draco dussumieri – South Indian flying dragon Hyporhamphus dussumieri – Dussumier's halfbeak Istiblennius dussumieri – species of blenny Johnius dussumieri – Dussumier's croaker Labeo dussumieri – species of carp in Sri Lanka Leiognathus dussumieri – Dussumier's ponyfish Liza dussumieri – Dussumier's mullet Mariaella dussumieri – an Asian species of slug Mugil dussumieri – a species of gray mullet Salarias dussumieri – Dussumier's blenny Salmaciella dussumieri – a species of starfish Semnopithecus dussumieri – southern plains gray langur Sphenomorphus dussumieri – Dussumier's forest skink Tachysurus dussumieri – catfish from the Bay of Bengal Tetronychoteuthis dussumieri – a small mollusk Thryssa dussumieri – Dussumier's thryssa; an anchovy Uca dussumieri – a species of fiddler crab
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