Han Nijssen
Han Nijssen (1935– 2013)ichthyologist.[3]
Nijssen was born in Amsterdam and obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in May 1970 with the dissertation Revision of the Surinam catfishes of the genus Corydoras.[1] Later he was a curator at Zoölogisch Museum in Amsterdam. Nijssen worked extensively with
Corydoras xinguensis
.
Collaborating with Hypancistrus zebra and Corydoras panda
.
He also collaborated with Sven O. Kullander.
Taxa named in his honor
- The species Corydoras nijsseni and Apistogramma nijsseni[4] are named after him.
- Metaloricaria nijsseni is named after him.[5]
- Leporinus nijsseni
Publications (incomplete)
- Han Nijssen & S.J. de Groot, De vissen van Nederland. (1987)
- Sven O. Kullander & Han Nijssen, The Cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei: Labroidei (1989)
- Han Nijssen, Veldgids Zeevissen ("Field guide for saltwater fish"), KNNV 2009, ISBN 9789050111393
See also
References
- ^ a b H. Nijssen, 1935 - at the UvA Album academicum
- ^ Obituary in the Nederlandse commissie record zeevissen (Ncrz) annual report for 2013
- ^ DEPARTMENT of ICHTHYOLOGY California Academy of Sciences, Newsletter of Systematic Ichthyology Number Twenty-Two
- Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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