Published : 06-02-2022
Two German research centers named a new fish species after the Palestinian-Syrian biologist Adwan Shehab in recognition of his efforts in marine research and scientific studies.
In a report published by the Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biopersity Science in Berlin and the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biopersity in Bonn, the new fish has been named “Oxynoemacheilus Shehabi”, a species of stone loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria.
The report emphasized that naming this “little fish” after a great scientist who made outstanding contributions in research about new species in 2008 helps ensure that the horrors of the war in Syria are never forgotten and the silence surrounding Adwan’s death be broken.
Shehab, born in 1967, studied at the University of Damascus and obtained his Ph.D. in 1999. He worked at the General Authority for Scientific Agricultural Research in Damascus and the Arab Society for Plant Protection. He was assassinated on February 16, 2015 by anonymous gunmen who stormed his house in the Sa`sa area near Khan Eshieh, in Rif Dimashq province. He was a resident of AlSabina Camp for Palestinian refugees.
Two German research centers named a new fish species after the Palestinian-Syrian biologist Adwan Shehab in recognition of his efforts in marine research and scientific studies.
In a report published by the Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biopersity Science in Berlin and the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum - Leibniz Institute for Animal Biopersity in Bonn, the new fish has been named “Oxynoemacheilus Shehabi”, a species of stone loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria.
The report emphasized that naming this “little fish” after a great scientist who made outstanding contributions in research about new species in 2008 helps ensure that the horrors of the war in Syria are never forgotten and the silence surrounding Adwan’s death be broken.
Shehab, born in 1967, studied at the University of Damascus and obtained his Ph.D. in 1999. He worked at the General Authority for Scientific Agricultural Research in Damascus and the Arab Society for Plant Protection. He was assassinated on February 16, 2015 by anonymous gunmen who stormed his house in the Sa`sa area near Khan Eshieh, in Rif Dimashq province. He was a resident of AlSabina Camp for Palestinian refugees.
