Jacques Géry

{{Short description|French ichthyologist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| birth_date = {{birth date |1917|03|12|df=yes}}--

| birth_place = Paris

| death_date = {{death date and age |2007|06|15|1917|03|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France

| known_for = Describing numerous species

| author_abbrev_zoo = Géry

}}Jacques Géry (12 March 1917, Paris – 15 June 2007, Sarlat, France) was a French ichthyologist and Doctor of Medicine.

The most notable species he described are:

• Green neon tetra, Paracheirodon simulans (Géry, 1963)
• Black neon tetra, Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi (Géry, 1961)
• Royal tetra, Inpaichthys kerri (Géry & Junk, 1977)
• Rummy-nose tetra, Hemigrammus bleheri (Géry & Mahnert, 1986)
• Red phantom tetra, Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961)
• Brittanichthys axelrodi (Géry, 1965)
• Brittanichthys myersi (Géry, 1965)