About Han Nijssen
Lived 1935 – 2013 (aged 77–78). Han Nijssen was a Dutch ichthyologist and zoologist.
Han Nijssen (Amsterdam, October 28, 1935 – June 25, 2013) was a Dutch ichthyologist.
Nijssen was born in Amsterdam and obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam in May 1970 with the dissertation Revision of the Surinam catfishes of the genus Corydoras. are named after him. Metaloricaria nijsseni is named after him. Hypomasticus nijsseni
Publications (incomplete) Han Nijssen & S.J. de Groot, De vissen van Nederland. (1987) Sven O. Kullander & Han Nijssen, The Cichlids of Surinam: Teleostei: Labroidei (1989) Han Nijssen, Veldgids Zeevissen ("Field guide for saltwater fish"), KNNV 2009,
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Dutch ichthyologist
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Han Nijssen was born in 1935 in Amsterdam.
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Han Nijssen died in 2013.
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Han Nijssen was an ichthyologist and zoologist.
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Han Nijssen was Dutch.
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