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    Pieter Bleeker (10 July 1819 – 24 January 1878) was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the Atlas Ichthyologique...
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  • (1920–1996), American football player Piet Bleeker (1928–2018), Dutch long-distance runner Pieter Bleeker (1819–1874), a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist...
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    worldwide. The fish was first described as Cobitis macracanthus by Pieter Bleeker in 1852. In 1989, its scientific name was changed to Botia macracanthus...
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    This species was originally described as Barbus schwanenfeldii by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, and has also been placed in the genera Barbodes and Puntius...
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  • Belgium 1855–57 Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist Pieter Oyens (1842–1894), Dutch painter Pieter Cort van der...
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    Eaters for Turtle Tanks". www.austinsturtlepage.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26. Bleeker, P. (1860). "(article)". Acta Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl. 7: 127. Kottelat, M...
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    Sawshark (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Squalomorphii Order: Pristiophoriformes L. S. Berg, 1958 Family: Pristiophoridae Bleeker, 1859 Type species Pristiophorus cirratus Latham, 1794 Genera †Ikamauius...
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    Giant freshwater stingray (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    of the giant freshwater stingray was authored by Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in an 1852 volume of the journal Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch...
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    (1938) Zaandam flag since 1938 Han Bennink (born 1942), jazz musician Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878), ichthyologist Kees Bruynzeel (1900–1980), wood merchant...
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    Splitfin flashlightfish (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Actinopterygii Order: Trachichthyiformes Family: Anomalopidae Genus: Anomalops Kner, 1868 Species: A. katoptron Binomial name Anomalops katoptron (Bleeker, 1856)...
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    scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1853 by Pieter Bleeker. Munroe, T.A. 2021. Heteromycteris . The IUCN Red List of Threatened...
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    Paracanthurus (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Acanthuriformes Family: Acanthuridae Tribe: Zebrasomini Genus: Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863 Species: P. hepatus Binomial name Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus...
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    Spotwing flying gurnard (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Dactylopteridae Genus: Dactyloptena Species: D. macracantha Binomial name Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854) Synonyms Dactylopterus macracanthus Bleeker, 1855...
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    ichthyologist, Pieter Bleeker, he used the name Macolor tautonymously, for the type species which was Cuvier’s Diacope macolor. Bleeker needlessly renamed...
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    Electric catfish (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Superfamily: Siluroidea Family: Malapteruridae Bleeker, 1858 Genera Malapterurus Paradoxoglanis...
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    Checker barb (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    properly refers to another fish species that is only found in Turkey. Since Bleeker's oligolepis is not placed in Barbus, both names are valid. Checker barbs...
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    forests. This species was formally described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker as Osphromenus deissneri in 1859 with the type locality given as Sungai...
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    Perciformes (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Clade: Percomorpha Order: Perciformes Bleeker, 1863 Type species Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 Suborders See text...
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    Parambassis (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    R. Allen, 1982 (High-finned glassy perchlet) Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) (Iridescent glassy perchlet) Parambassis baculis (F. Hamilton, 1822)...
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    Cuvier classified it in the new monospecific genus Zanclus. In 1876 Pieter Bleeker proposed the monotypic family Zanclidae. The Zanclidae is classified...
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    Eeltail catfish (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Superfamily: Siluroidea Family: Plotosidae Bleeker, 1858 Genera Anodontiglanis Cnidoglanis Euristhmus Neosiluroides Neosilurus...
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    Pearl gourami (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    described as Trichopus leerii by the Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1852. The type was collected at Palembang in Sumatra, by Lieutenant-Colonel...
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    Lutjanus agennes (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with the type locality given as “Ashantee in Guinea”. Bleeker did not explain the derivation of the...
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    Acrochordonichthys (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    ischnosoma Bleeker, 1858 Acrochordonichthys mahakamensis Ng & Ng, 2001 Acrochordonichthys pachyderma Vaillant, 1902 Acrochordonichthys rugosus (Bleeker, 1846)...
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    Betta (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Kottelat & P. K. L. Ng, 1994 B. anabatoides complex: Betta anabatoides Bleeker, 1851 (giant betta) Betta midas H. H. Tan, 2009 B. bellica complex: Betta...
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    Slimehead (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Trachichthyiformes Suborder: Trachichthyoidei Family: Trachichthyidae Bleeker, 1859 Genera Aulotrachichthys Gephyroberyx Hoplostethus †Hoplopteryx Optivus...
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    Lophocalotes ludekingi (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lophocalotes ludekingi, p. 162). Bleeker P (1860). "Reptiliën van Agam ". Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch...
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    Centrarchidae (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Superfamily: Percoidea Family: Centrarchidae Bleeker, 1859 Type species Centrarchus macropterus Lacépède, 1801 Subfamilies See...
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    Bagarius (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Sisoridae Subfamily: Sisorinae Genus: Bagarius Bleeker, 1854 Type species Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822...
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    Grey reef shark (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Nature has assessed this species as endangered. Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker first described the grey reef shark in 1856 as Carcharias (Prionodon)...
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