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The biography and research activities of Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815−1881), an outstanding zoologist, in the area of ichthyology are briefed. His main studies into fish systematics and faunistics are considered as well as his contribution to ichthyological collections.
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Original Russian Text © V.G. Sideleva, 2017, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 353–364.
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Sideleva, V.G. Contribution of Karl Fedorovich Kessler (1815−1881) to fish systematics and faunal research. J. Ichthyol. 57, 473–483 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945217020187
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