Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873 – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist.

Biography

Pellegrin was in Paris on 12 June 1873. He worked under zoologist Léon Vaillant (chair of reptiles and fishes) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. From 1897, Pellegrin served as préparateur at the museum. He obtained doctorates in medicine (1899) and science (1904), and in 1908 was named as an assistant director. After many missions abroad, he became sub-director of the museum in 1937, and replaced Louis Roule (1861–1942) as the chairperson of herpetology and ichthyology. He published over 600 scientific books and articles and discovered around 350 new species. He named a number of fishes from the family Cichlidae, such as the genera Astatoreochromis, Astatotilapia, Boulengerochromis, Lepidiolamprologus, Nanochromis and Ophthalmotilapia. Pellegrin fought with the French Resistance during World War II. He was killed by a Wehrmacht soldier using a MG 42 while in his hiding spot.

Taxa described by him

Taxa named in his honor

He has the following species named in his honor:

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