Han Nijssen
Han Nijssen (died 2013)[1] was a Dutch ichthyologist. [2] He was a curator at Zoölogisch Museum in Amsterdam. Nijssen has worked extensively with fish from South America, and is the author of several species, e.g. Corydoras weitzmani and Corydoras xinguensis. Collaborating with Isaäc Isbrücker he has described e.g. the group Hypancistrus and the species Hypancistrus zebra and Corydoras panda, among others. He also has collaborated with Sven O. Kullander.
The species Corydoras nijsseni and Apistogramma nijsseni[3] are named after him.
Publications (incomplete)
- Han Nijssen & S.J. de Groot, De vissen van Nederland. (1987)
- Sven O. Kullander & Han Nijssen, The Cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei: Labroidei (1989)
- Han Nijssen, Veldgids Zeevissen ("Field guide for saltwater fish"), KNNV 2009, ISBN 9789050111393
References
- ↑ Obituary in the Nederlandse commissie record zeevissen (Ncrz) annual report for 2013
- ↑ DEPARTMENT of ICHTHYOLOGY California Academy of Sciences, Newsletter of Systematic Ichthyology Number Twenty-Two
- ↑ Apistogramma nijsseni Kullander - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
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