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.

Taxa named in his honor

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 from New Caledonia, an example of fish species named after Jean-Jacques Dussumier

Acanthurus dussumieri – Dussumier's surgeonfish; aka Dussumieri tang
Accipiter badius dussumieri – subspecies of Indian shikra
Ambassis dussumieri G. Cuvier, 1828; the Malabar glassy perchlet.
Anisakis dussumieri – a marine parasite
Arius dussumieri – blacktip sea catfish
Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) – lance blenny
Austrobatrachus dussumieri – flat toadfish
Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 – a species of mudskipper in India
Brama dussumieri – lesser bream
Caligus dussumieri – a marine parasite
Carcharhinus dussumieri – whitecheek shark
Casarea dussumieri (Schlegel, 1837) – Round Island keel-scaled boa^[1]
Cinnyris dussumieri – Seychelles sunbird
Clarias dussumieri Valenciennes, 1840 – a species of air-breathing catfish
Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes, 1848 – goldspotted grenadier anchovy
Colletteichthys dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1837) the flat toadfish.
Dieurostus dussumieri (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Dussumier's water snake^[1]
Dipsochelys dussumieri (synonym of Aldabrachelys gigantea) – Aldabra giant tortoise^[1]
Draco dussumieri A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – South Indian flying dragon^[1]
Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1847) – Dussumier's halfbeak
Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) the streaky rockskipper a species of blenny
Johnius dussumieri – Dussumier's croaker
Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842) – Malabar Labeo
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^[1]
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dussumier", p. 78).

External links

Expeditions and Surveys Jean Jaques Dussumier's independent voyages.

[EDR-1] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dussumier", p. 78).

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