Alphonse Guichenot

Antoine Alphonse Guichenot (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan alfɔ̃s ɡiʃno]; 31 July 1809 in Paris – 17 February 1876 in Cluny) was a French zoologist who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (Paris), including an extensive biological survey of Algeria.

His primary fields of research included fish and reptiles. He is credited with describing the ichthyological genera Agonomalus, Neosebastes (gurnard scorpionfishes) and Glossanodon. He also described numerous new species, including the New Caledonian crested gecko, Correlophus ciliatis (changed to Rhacodactylus ciliatus in 1994, but reclassified as Correlophus ciliatis in 2012).

He retired to solely an assistant naturalist position in 1856, and died in 1876 in Cluny, France.

Tribute

Several fish species commemorate his name, an example being Paracanthobrama guichenoti Bleeker, 1864.

He is also commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Lampropholis guichenoti.

Coreius guichenoti (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) was also named in his honor.

Selected works

Taxon described by him

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Agonomalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ "Neosebastes scorpaenoides". Australian museum.
  3. ↑ Saunders, Brian Greig (2012). Discovery of Australia's Fishes | A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930. Csiro. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-643-10670-3.
  4. 1 2 Publications: University series. Vol. 36–40. Stanford University. 1919. p. 341.
  5. ↑ Bauer, Aaron M.; Todd R. Jackman; Ross A. Sadlier; Anthony H. Whitaker (2012). "Revision of the giant geckos of New Caledonia (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus)". Zootaxa. 3404: 1–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3404.1.1.
  6. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (16 November 2024). "Family GOBIONIDAE Bleeker 1863 (Freshwater Gudgeons)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  7. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Guichenot", p. 111).
  8. 1 2 A-K. 1916 by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn