Jacques Géry

Jacques Géry (12 March 1917, Paris – 15 June 2007, Sarlat, France) was a French ichthyologist. He was also a scientist and a Doctor of Medicine.

The most notable species he described are:

• Green neon tetra, Paracheirodon simulans (Géry, 1963)
• Black neon tetra, Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi (Géry, 1961)
• Inpaichthys kerri, Inpaichthys kerri (Géry & Junk, 1977)
• Hemigrammus bleheri, Hemigrammus bleheri (Géry & Mahnert, 1986)
• Hyphessobrycon sweglesi, Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961)

References

• Jacques Géry: Characoids of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, ISBN 0-87666-458-3.

External links

• Literature by and about Jacques Géry in the German National Library catalogue
• Jacques Géry at aquapress-bleher.com