Biological tributes Several animal species are named in honor of him, including Agassiz's dwarf cichlid Apistogramma agassizii ; Agassiz's perchlet, also known as Agassiz's glass fish; and the olive perchlet Ambassis agassizii ; The Spring Cavefish Forbesichthys agassizii ; the catfish Corydoras agassizii ; the Rio Skate Rioraja agassizii ; The South American fish Leporinus agassizii the Snailfish Liparis agassizii ; a sea snail, Borsonella agassizii ; a species of crab Eucratodes agassizii ; Isocapnia agassizi (a stonefly); Publius agassizi (a passalid beetle); Xylocrius agassizi (a longhorn beetle); Exoprosopa agassizii (a bee fly); Chelonia agassizii (Galápagos green turtle);Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Agassiz, J.L.R.", p. 2). Philodryas agassizii (a South American snake); and the most well-known, Gopherus agassizii (the desert tortoise). In 2020, a new genus of pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) named Agassazilia erfoundina (Cooper and Martill, 2020) from the Moroccan Kem Kem Group was named in honor of Agassiz, who first identified the group in the 1830s.
Biological tributes Several animal species are named in honor of him, including Agassiz's dwarf cichlid Apistogramma agassizii ; Agassiz's perchlet, also known as Agassiz's glass fish; and the olive perchlet Ambassis agassizii ; The Spring Cavefish Forbesichthys agassizii ; the catfish Corydoras agassizii ; the Rio Skate Rioraja agassizii ; The South American fish Leporinus agassizii the Snailfish Liparis agassizii ; a sea snail, Borsonella agassizii ; a species of crab Eucratodes agassizii ; Isocapnia agassizi (a stonefly); Publius agassizi (a passalid beetle); Xylocrius agassizi (a longhorn beetle); Exoprosopa agassizii (a bee fly); Chelonia agassizii (Galápagos green turtle);Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Agassiz, J.L.R.", p 2). Philodryas agassizii (a South American snake); and the most well-known, Gopherus agassizii (the desert tortoise). In 2020, a new genus of pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) named Agassazilia erfoundina (Cooper and Martill, 2020) from the Moroccan Kem Kem Group was named in honor of Agassiz, who first identified the group in the 1830s.