Jean-Pierre Gosse

Jean-Pierre Gosse (May 14, 1924 – June 6, 2001) was a Belgian biologist and ichthyologist.

Life and career

Gosse was a biologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.

Gosse went on missions in South America with Leopold III of Belgium.

Gosse described the following species:

• Cichlasoma lyonsi, 1966 (Amphilophus)
• Geophagus wavrini, 1963 (Biotodoma)
• Geophagus harreri, 1976 (Geophagus)

• Pterophyllum leopoldi, 1963 (Pterophyllum)
• Retroculus septentrionalis, 1971 (Retroculus)
• Retroculus xinguensis, 1971 (Retroculus)

Taxon described by him

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Taxon named in his honor

Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973

References

External links

• Jean-Pierre Gosse at ZooBank
• Jean-Pierre Gosse at WorldCat
• Jean-Pierre Gosse at IdRef