Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker
Isaäc Jan Hendrik Isbrücker (born 1944) is a retired Dutch
ichthyologist who specialised in the scientific classification of South American catfish (Loricarioidea
).
Life and work
Between 1960 and 1985 Isbrücker was a keeper of the aquarium in the
Naturalis Centre in Leiden in 2011.[1] Between 1969 and 2006 Isbrücker appeared of author or co-author of more than 80 publications,[2] in which he described roughly a dozen new fish species, including the genus Hypancistrus.[3] His work focuses on the taxonomy of the armored catfish
.
Species named in his honour include:
- a cichlid Crenicichla isbrueckeri, Ploeg, 1991)
- an armored catfish (Hypostomus isbrueckeri, R. E. dos Reis, C. Weber & L. R. Malabarba, 1990
- a catfish (Corydoras isbrueckeri, Knaack, 2004)
See also
References
- ^ "Forum-welse". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- ^ http://zoobank.org/Authors/17804D70-A6D4-43B0-B388-B0A09DF5DE56 [dead link]
- ^ "0 Available list under FishBase References".
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