Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French voyager and merchant from

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

. He is known as a collector of zoological species from southern Asia and regions around the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

between 1816 and 1840. These collections were later studied and classified by French

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s such as

Georges Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; ), was a French natural history, naturalist and zoology, zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuv ...

Achille Valenciennes Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoology, zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasi ...

, among others.

Taxa named in his honor

Dussumier's name was lent to numerous species, and an entire

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herring Herring are various species of forage fish, belonging to the Order (biology), order Clupeiformes. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schooling, schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate wate ...

s is called ''

Dussumieria ''Dussumieria'' is the genus of rainbow sardines, a group within the round herring family Dussumieriidae. They are found in Indo-Pacific. Species The following is a list of currently accepted living ''Dussumieria'' species: * '' Dussumieria a ...

''. The following is a list of zoological species associated with Dussumier: Acanthurus dussumieri New Caledonia

*'' Acanthurus dussumieri'' – Dussumier's

surgeonfish Acanthuridae are a family (biology), family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and Naso (fish), unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 Extant taxon, extant species of ocean, marine fish living in tropical seas, usually ...

; aka Dussumieri tang *'' Accipiter badius dussumieri'' – subspecies of Indian

shikra The shikra (''Tachyspiza badia'') is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk. The African forms may represent a separate species but have usual ...

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Ambassis ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the Indo-Pacific region, with species in fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters. This genus includes fish known commonly as ...

dussumieri'' G. Cuvier, 1828; the Malabar glassy perchlet. *''

Anisakis ''Anisakis'' ( ) is a genus of parasitic nematodes that have life cycles involving fish and marine mammals. They are infective to humans and cause #Anisakiasis, anisakiasis. People who produce immunoglobulin E in response to this parasite may su ...

dussumieri'' – a marine

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dussumieri'' – blacktip sea catfish *''

Aspidontus ''Aspidontus'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Aspidontus dussumieri'' (Valenciennes, 1836) (Lance blenny) * '' Aspidontus taeniat ...

dussumieri'' (

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, 1836) – lance blenny *'' Austrobatrachus dussumieri'' – flat

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Boleophthalmus ''Boleophthalmus '' is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' B. birdsongi'' Murdy, 1989 (Birdsong's goggle-eyed goby) * '' B. bod ...

dussumieri''

, 1837 – a species of

mudskipper Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family (biology), family Oxudercidae. They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestria ...

in India *''

Brama dussumieri ''Brama dussumieri'', the lesser bream or lowfin pomfret, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a pomfret of the family Bramidae. It is found in warm seas around the world. The specific name honours the French explorer and trader Jean-Jacques ...

'' – lesser

bream Bream (, ) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including '' Abramis'' (e.g., ''A. brama'', the common bream), '' Ballerus'', '' Blicca'', '' Brama'', '' Chilotilapia'', '' Etelis'', '' Lepomis'', '' Gymnocranius'', ...

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Caligus ''Caligus'' is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. , the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species: *'' Caligus absens'' Ho, Lin & Chen ...

dussumieri'' – a marine parasite *'' Carcharhinus dussumieri'' –

whitecheek shark The whitecheek shark or widemouth blackspot shark (''Carcharhinus dussumieri'') is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 34°N and 25°S. It can reach a length of 1 m. It fee ...

*'' Casarea dussumieri'' (

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, 1837) – Round Island keel-scaled boa Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Dussumier", p. 78). *''

Cinnyris ''Cinnyris'' is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in ''Nectarinia''. They are generally known as double-collared sunbirds because the fringe of their bib usually includes a band of contrastingly coloured feathers. The sunb ...

dussumieri'' – Seychelles sunbird *''

Clarias ''Clarias'' is a genus of catfishes (order (biology), order Catfish, Siluriformes) of the family (biology), family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes. The name is derived from the Greek language, Greek ''chlaros'', which means lively, and is a ...

dussumieri''

, 1840 – a species of air-breathing

catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...

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Coilia ''Coilia'', the grenadier anchovies, is a genus of anchovies. It currently contains 12–13 species. They are found in East Asia, East, Southeast Asia, Southeast and South Asia, and mostly inhabit estuarine regions, but there are also species in ...

dussumieri''

, 1848 – goldspotted grenadier

anchovy An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the Family (biology), family Engraulidae. Most species are found in marine waters, but several will enter brackish water, and some in South America are restricted to fresh water. More than 140 speci ...

*'' Colletteichthys dussumieri'' (

, 1837) the flat toadfish. *'' Dieurostus dussumieri'' (

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A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Dussumier's water snake *''Dipsochelys dussumieri'' (synonym of ''Aldabrachelys gigantea'') –

Aldabra giant tortoise The Aldabra giant tortoise (''Aldabrachelys gigantea'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and genus '' Aldabrachelys''. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with the nominate subspecies, ''A. g. gigantea'' native to Alda ...

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Draco dussumieri ''Draco dussumieri'', also known commonly as the Indian flying lizard, the southern flying lizard, and the Western Ghats flying lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is capable of gliding from tree to tree. It is fo ...

, 1837 – South Indian flying dragon *''

Hyporhamphus ''Hyporhamphus'' is a genus of halfbeaks. The species in this genus are distributed throughout the warmer seas of the world, most species being Indo-Pacific and there are some freshwater species. Species There are currently 37 recognized species ...

dussumieri'' (

, 1847) – Dussumier's

halfbeak Hemiramphidae is a family (biology), family of fishes that are commonly called halfbeaks, spipe fish or spipefish. They are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. ...

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Istiblennius dussumieri ''Istiblennius dussumieri'', the streaky rockskipper, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is also commonly known as the Dussumier's rockskipper, streaky dussumier, or the Dussumier's ...

'' (

, 1836) the streaky rockskipper a species of blenny *'' Johnius dussumieri'' – Dussumier's croaker *''

Labeo ''Labeo'' is a genus of carps in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia. It contains the typical labeos in the subfamily Labeoninae, which may not be a valid group, howeve ...

dussumieri'' (

, 1842) – Malabar Labeo *''

Leiognathus ''Leiognathus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, ponyfishes from the Family (biology), family Leiognathidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes known as silverbellies. Species There are c ...

dussumieri'' – Dussumier's

ponyfish Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They inhabit marine and brackish waters in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. They can be used in the preparation of ''bagoo ...

*'' Liza dussumieri'' – Dussumier's mullet *'' Mariaella dussumieri'' – an Asian species of

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Mugil ''Mugil'' is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Mugil bananen ...

dussumieri'' – a species of gray mullet *''

Salarias ''Salarias'' is a genus of combtooth blennies found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. Species There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus: * '' Salarias alboguttatus'' Kner, 1867 (White-spotted blenny) * '' Salarias ceramensis'' ...

dussumieri'' – Dussumier's

blenny Blennies (from the Greek and , mucus, slime) are a diverse clade of ray-finned fish in the suborder Blennioidei of the percomorph order Blenniiformes. They inhabit marine, brackish, and occasionally freshwater habitats, and generally share sim ...

*'' Salmaciella dussumieri'' – a species of

starfish Starfish or sea stars are Star polygon, star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class (biology), class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to brittle star, ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to ...

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Semnopithecus dussumieri Southern plains gray langur was the common name ascribed to ''Semnopithecus dussumieri'' by ''Mammal Species of the World'' (3rd edition) in 2005. Along with several other ''Semnopithecus'', it had been previously considered a subspecies of the ...

'' – southern plains

gray langur ''Semnopithecus'' is a genus of Old World monkeys native to the Indian subcontinent, with all species with the exception of two being commonly known as gray langurs. Traditionally only the species ''Semnopithecus entellus'' was recognized, but si ...

*'' Sphenomorphus dussumieri'' – Dussumier's forest skink *'' Tachysurus dussumieri'' –

from the Bay of Bengal *'' Tetronychoteuthis dussumieri'' – a small

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Thryssa dussumieri ''Thryssa dussumieri'', the Dussumier's thryssa, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. Size This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of Jean-Jacques Dussumier ...

'' – Dussumier's thryssa; an anchovy *''

Uca The fiddler crab or calling crab can be one of the hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae. These crabs are well known for their extreme sexual dimorphism, where the male crabs have a major claw significantly lar ...

dussumieri'' – a species of

fiddler crab The fiddler crab or calling crab can be one of the hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae. These crabs are well known for their extreme sexual dimorphism, where the male crabs have a major claw significantly l ...

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Expeditions and Surveys
Jean Jaques Dussumier's independent voyages. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dussumier, Jean-Jacques 1792 births 1883 deaths French zoologists French merchants 19th-century French businesspeople