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Big Bend Gambusia
The Big Bend gambusia (''Gambusia gaigei'') is a rare species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the Big Bend (Texas), Big Bend region of the Rio Grande of the United States and Mexico. The only known remaining population is in a protected pond in the Big Bend National Park. This livebearer is about 2 inches long. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates. This species was Species description, described by the United States, American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1929 from a Type (biology), type collected in slough close to the Rio Grande at Boquillas, Brewster County, Texas by Frederick McMahon Gaige (1890-1976), a zoologist who was director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Michigan. The Specific name (zoology), specific name honours Gaige. References Natural history of Texas Gambusia Fish described in 1929 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot ESA endangered species {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Leavitt Hubbs
Carl Leavitt Hubbs (October 19, 1894 – June 30, 1979) was an American ichthyologist. Biography Youth He was born in Williams, Arizona. He was the son of Charles Leavitt and Elizabeth (née Goss) Hubbs. His father had a wide variety of jobs (farmer, iron mine owner, newspaper owner). The family moved several times before settling in San Diego where he got his first taste of natural history. After his parents divorced in 1907, he lived with his mother, who opened a private school in Redondo Beach, California. His maternal grandmother Jane Goble Goss, one of the first female doctors, showed Hubbs how to harvest shellfish and other sea creatures. One of his teachers, impressed by Hubbs's abilities in science, recommended that he study chemistry at the University of Berkeley. The family moved once more to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, George Bliss Culver, one of the many volunteers of David Starr Jordan, encouraged Hubbs to abandon his study of birds and instead to study fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |