Pieter Bleeker
Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877. Bleeker died on 24 January 1878 in The Hague.
| Pieter Bleeker | |
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| Born | 10 July 1819
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| Died | 24 January 1878 (aged 58)
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| Known for | Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises |
| Awards | Doctorates honoris causa at Leyden University and Utrecht University, Légion d'honneur |
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| Institutions | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Museum of Natural History (France) Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Bleeker |
Taxa named after him[change | change source]
- Osteochilus bleekeri - a cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo and Sumatra
- Triplophysa bleekeri - a stone loach endemic to China
- Argyrops bleekeri, an argyrops fish also known as the Taiwan tai
- Chlorurus bleekeri, known commonly as Bleeker's parrotfish
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- "Pieter Bleeker (1819 - 1878)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020.
- "Naturalis Topstukken". topstukken.naturalis.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-04-08.
Further reading[change | change source]
- P. Bleeker, Levensbericht in: Jaarboek, 1877, Amsterdam, pp. 5-159 (Autobiography of Bleeker with an introduction by Pieter Harting). (in Dutch).
- Whitehead PJ, Boeseman M, Wheeler AC (1966). "The types of Bleeker's Indo-Pacific Elopoid and Clupeoid Fishes". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 84: 1–152.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Pieter Bleeker on English Wikipedia