Jacques Daget (30 June 1919, Vineuil – 29 June 2009), was a French

ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

. He was a professor at the

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, in

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. Several marine species have been named after him.

Species named after him

Species named after Daget include: *

Claroteidae The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (order Siluriformes) found in Africa. This family was separated from Bagridae. However, the monophyly of the family is sometimes contested. The 9 genera contain 65 known species of claroteids. The family ...

''Chrysichthys dageti'' Risch 1992 *

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''Tilapia dageti'' Thys van den Audenaerde 1971 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti dageti''

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, 1953 * Nothobranchiidae ''Epiplatys dageti monroviae'' Arnoult & Daget 1965

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daget, Jacques 1919 births 2009 deaths French ichthyologists 20th-century French zoologists

Species named after him

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