Career
He was a professor at the National Museum of National History, in Paris. Several marine species have been named after him. Species named after Daget include:
Claroteidae Chrysichthys dageti Risch 1992
Cichlidae Tilapia dageti Thys van den Audenaerde 1971
Nothobranchiidae Epiplatys dageti dageti Poll 1953
Nothobranchiidae Epiplatys dageti monroviae Arnoult & Daget 1965.
