Pierre Fourmanoir Explained

Birth Date:	1924
Death Date:	2007
Fields:	Ichthyology
Workplaces:	New Caledonia, Madagascar
Known For:	Identification of many new species of fish

Pierre Fourmanoir (1924–2007) was a French ichthyologist working mainly in New Caledonia. He described many new species of fish including several sharks.^[1]

Career

He was the FAO Regional Fisheries Officer, in Madagascar.

Taxon described by him

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Taxon named in his honor

The Doublespot perchlet, Plectranthias fourmanoiri J. E. Randall, 1980 is a species of fish in the family Serranidae occurring in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.^[2]

Notes and References

Séret . Bernard . 2007 . In memoriam Pierre FOURMANOIR (1924-2007) . Cybium . Société Française d'Ichtyologie . 31 . 4 . 399 . fr . 2 November 2015.
Web site: Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE . 30 March 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.