Jean-Pierre Gosse (May 14, 1924 – June 6, 2001) was a Belgian biologist and ichthyologist.
Life and career Gosse was a biologist with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
Gosse went on missions in South America with Leopold III of Belgium.
Gosse described the following species:
Cichlasoma lyonsi, 1966 (Amphilophus) Geophagus wavrini, 1963 (Biotodoma) Geophagus harreri, 1976 (Geophagus)
Pterophyllum leopoldi, 1963 (Pterophyllum) Retroculus septentrionalis, 1971 (Retroculus) Retroculus xinguensis, 1971 (Retroculus)
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Jean-Pierre Gosse
Taxon named in his honor Lethrinops gossei W. E. Burgess & H. R. Axelrod, 1973
References
External links Jean-Pierre Gosse at ZooBank Jean-Pierre Gosse at WorldCat Jean-Pierre Gosse at IdRef