Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873, Paris – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist.
In Paris, he worked below 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 partner 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 not in the distance off from 350 extra species. He named a number of fishes from the relations Cichlidae, such as the genera Astatoreochromis, Astatotilapia, Boulengerochromis, Lepidiolamprologus, Nanochromis and Ophthalmotilapia. He has the in the circulate of species named in his honor:
He fought behind the French Partisans during World War II next to the Wehrmacht, and was later than killed by an MG42 though trying to peep from his hiding spot.
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