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    Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate...
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  • Heckelphone and the Heckel-clarina; founder of Wilhelm Heckel GmbH, German woodwind musical instrument manufacturing company Johann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857),...
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  • Banded cichlid (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Rio Orinoco drainage and notes on Heros severus Heckel, 1840". Bulletin of Fish Biology. 15 (1/2): 121–126. Leibel, W. (2016)....
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    Geophagus altifrons (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    "Eartheater Cichlid (introduced)". Ecology Asia. Retrieved 25 May 2013. "Geophagus altifrons HECKEL, 1840". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 18 November 2018. v t e...
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    Discus (fish) (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    names to species differed to some extent from that used by earlier authors: Heckel (S. discus; Rio Negro, upper Uatumã, Nhamundá, Trombetas and Abacaxis),...
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    (from 1851). In 1857 he acquired curatorial duties formerly held by Johann Jakob Heckel (1790-1857), and subsequently became in charge of the bird (1857)...
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    Pterophyllum (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Tribe: Heroini Genus: Pterophyllum Heckel, 1840 Type species Platax scalaris G. Cuvier, 1831...
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    Geophagus (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    2022 Geophagus abalios López-Fernández & Taphorn, 2004 Geophagus altifrons Heckel, 1840 Geophagus argyrostictus S. O. Kullander, 1991 Geophagus brachybranchus...
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    Crenicichla (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    lenticulata Heckel, 1840 Crenicichla lucenai Mattos, I. Schindler, Ottoni & Cheffe, 2014 Crenicichla lugubris Heckel, 1840 Crenicichla macrophthalma Heckel, 1840...
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    Leucaspius delineatus (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    in England and Wales, with emphasis on sunbleak Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843)" (PDF). Aquatic Invasions. 5 (2): 155–161. doi:10.3391/ai.2010.5...
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    Green swordtail (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    1845–1848. The green swordtail was described from Heller's type by Johann Jakob Heckel in 1848 with the type locality given as Orizaba, Mexico. It is the...
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    Aseraggodes (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Aseraggodes is a genus of soles native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. These small flatfishes are poisonous. It is by far the most species rich genus...
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    Red garra (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019. "Garra rufa (HECKEL, 1843)". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 29 October 2019. Hamidan, N.H.; M.F. Geiger;...
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    Xiphophorus (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Xiphophorus cortezi* D. E. Rosen, 1960 (delicate swordtail) Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 (green swordtail) Xiphophorus kallmani M. K. Meyer & Schartl, 2003...
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    Polypterus endlicherii (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Polypteridae Genus: Polypterus Species: P. endlicherii Binomial name Polypterus endlicherii Heckel, 1847 Synonyms Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri Heckel 1847...
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    Uaru amphiacanthoides (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    in the aquarium trade. List of freshwater aquarium fish species Heckel JJ (1840) Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen...
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    Scardinius platizza Johann Jakob Heckel, 1845 Leuciscus apollonitis J.Richardson (naturalist), 1857 Scardinius macrophthalmus Heckel & R.Kner, 1858 Scardinius...
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    Devario (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Subfamily: Danioninae Genus: Devario Heckel, 1843 Type species Cyprinus devario F. Hamilton, 1822...
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    Mangar (fish) (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    mangar is the type species of Luciobarbus, which was established for it by Heckel in 1843. The species scientific name essentially means "pike-like pike-barbel"...
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  • James Head Heads – Sam W. Heads Heaney – Lawrence Richard Heaney HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel (1790–1857) Hector – James Hector (1834–1907) Heemstra – Phillip...
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    Astronotus crassipinnis (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Astronotus Species: A. crassipinnis Binomial name Astronotus crassipinnis (Heckel, 1840)...
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  • Heros spurius (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Cichlidae Genus: Heros Species: H. spurius Binomial name Heros spurius Heckel, 1840 Synonyms Heros coryphaeus Heckel, 1840 Heros modestus Heckel, 1840...
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    Bangana diplostoma (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Genus: Bangana Species: B. diplostoma Binomial name Bangana diplostoma (Heckel, 1838) Synonyms Labeo diplostomus Tylognathus valenciennesii Varicorhinus...
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    Heros efasciatus (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Pompeu; A. Prado-Valladares (2010). "Reproductive biology of Heros efasciatus Heckel,1840 (Pisces, Cichlidae) in the Amanã Sustainable Reserve (Amazonas, Brazil)...
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    Uaru (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    are currently two recognized species in this genus: Uaru amphiacanthoides Heckel, 1840 (uaru) Uaru fernandezyepezi Stawikowski, 1989 List of freshwater aquarium...
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    monotypic genus Acarichthys. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel, director of the Vienna Museum of Natural History, who studied and...
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  • Hypselecara coryphaenoides (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Hypselecara Species: H. coryphaenoides Binomial name Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel, 1840)...
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    Crenicichla lenticulata (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Crenicichla Species: C. lenticulata Binomial name Crenicichla lenticulata (Heckel, 1840)...
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    Crenicichla lugubris (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cichliformes Family: Cichlidae Genus: Crenicichla Species: C. lugubris Binomial name Crenicichla lugubris (Heckel, 1840)...
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    Parachromis friedrichsthalii (category Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel)
    friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) Synonyms Heros friedrichsthalii Heckel, 1840 Astronotus friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840) Cichlasoma friedrichsthalii (Heckel, 1840)...
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