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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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    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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    Pholidichthys (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Pholidichthys anguis Springer & Larson, 1996 Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Clupeiformes (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Clupeiformes /ˈkluːpiːɪfɔːrmiːz/ is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae. The...
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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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    (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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    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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    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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    Pholidichthys leucotaenia (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    hdl:10088/5213. Bailly, N. (2010). Bailly N (ed.). "Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-20...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Citharichthys (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Family: Paralichthyidae Genus: Citharichthys Bleeker, 1862 Type species Citharichthys cayennensis Bleeker, 1862 Synonyms Metoponops Gill, 1864 Neoetropus...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Spariformes (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    term in 1860 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker. Traditionally the taxa within the Spariformes were classified within...
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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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    Soleichthys (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Soleichthys dori J. E. Randall & Munroe, 2008 Soleichthys heterorhinos (Bleeker, 1856) Soleichthys maculosus Muchhala & Munroe, 2004 (Whiteblotched sole)...
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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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    Odontanthias (category Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker)
    Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico...
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