Ichthyologist, malacologist and entomologist, founder-director of the Museum at Havana, and professor at the University there. With two others he supported the field work of J. Gundlach. He was a corresponding member of the Academy, to which a part of his collections were given. His papers consist of lists and notes on Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera of Cuba, four letters to A. Guex and some notes and lists of J. Gundlach.