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Ephippidae
Ephippidae is a family of percomorph fishes, the spadefishes, in the order Moroniformes. These fishes are found in the tropical and temperate oceans of the world, except for the central Pacific. Taxonomy Ephippidae was first proposed as a family in 1859 by the Dutch herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker. The 5th edition of the ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family in the order Moroniformes with the Moronidae and Drepaneidae. Other authorities place this family alongside the Drepaneidae in the order Ephippiformes with the Moronidae classified as ''incertae sedis'' in the series Eupercaria. Other authorities classify all three families in the Moroniformes ''sensu'' ''Fishes of the World'' in the Acanthuriformes. Genera Ephippidae contains the following genera, 8 extant and 3 extinct ( means extinct): The extinct genus '' Exellia'' is classified within the Ephippidae by some authorities, other authorities place it in the family Exellidae. Characteristics Ephi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platax Teira
''Platax teira'', also known as the teira batfish, longfin batfish, longfin spadefish, or round faced batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific. Taxonomy ''Platax teira'' was first formally Species description, described as ''Chaetodon teira'' by the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking Finnish exploration, explorer, oriental studies, orientalist, natural history, naturalist Peter Forsskål with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as Al Luḩayyah on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. This species was designated as the type species of the genus ''Platax'' by Pieter Bleeker in 1876, ''Platax'' belongs to the family Ephippidae in the Order (biology), order Moroniformes. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''teira'' is a Latinisation of names, latinisation of the Arabic ''teyra'' the name given to the juveniles in Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ephippus (fish)
''Ephippus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. These fishes are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Indo-West Pacific region. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Ephippus goreensis'' Cuvier, 1831 (East Atlantic African spadefish) * '' Ephippus orbis'' (Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: A *Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925), Austrian entrepreneur *Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter *Alexandre Bloch (1857–1919), French painter *Alfred Bloch ( ..., 1787) (Orbfish) References Ephippidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Taxa described in 1816 {{Ephippidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drepaneidae
''Drepane'' is a genus of marine and brackish water ray-finned fishes, known commonly as the sicklefishes. It is the only genus in the monotypic percomorph family Drepaneidae. These fish occur in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, and in the eastern Atlantic near Africa. Taxonomy ''Drepane'' was first proposed as a genus in 1831 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier. In 1917 David Starr Jordan designated ''Chaetodon punctatus'', which had been described by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' published in 1758 with its type locality given as Asia, as its type species. In 1872 Theodore Gill classified the genus within the family Drepaneidae and it is the only genus classified within that family. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the Drepaneidae within the order Moroniformes alongside the Moronidae and Ephippidae. However, other authorities have found that the Moronidae is not closely related to the other two families and classify the Drepanei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moroniformes
Moroniformes is an order of ray-finned fishes in the series Percomorpha. Families Moroniformes comprises three families according to the 5th edition of the ''Fishes of the World'': * Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 * Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 * Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 Classification Moroniformes is classified as an order within the series Percomorpha in the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' but the authors of that text acknowledge that their classification of the order is rather tentative. Later authors recognise that two of the families, the Ephippidae and the Drepaneidae are closely related and classified in the order Ephippiformes but that Moronidae is ''incertae sedis'' in their series Eupercaria. Other authorities classify all three families in the Moroniformes ''sensu'' ''Fishes of the World'' in the Acanthuriformes Acanthuriformes is a large, diverse order of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, part of the Percomorpha clade. In the past, members of this clade were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moronidae
The Moronidae is a family of percomorph fishes, commonly called the temperate basses, in the order Moroniformes. These fishes are found in the freshwaters of North America and the coastal waters of the North Atlantic. Taxonomy Moronidae was first proposed as a family in 1896 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. The 5th edition of the ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this family in the order Moroniformes with the Ephippidae and Drepaneidae. Other authorities place the Ephippidae and Drepaneidae in the order Ephippiformes with the Moronidae classified as ''incertae sedis'' in the series Eupercaria. Other authorities classify all three families in the Moroniformes ''sensu'' ''Fishes of the World'' in the Acanthuriformes. Genera Moronidae basses are classified within the two living genera '' Morone'' and'' Dicentrarchus'' as follows: *'' Dicentrarchus'' **'' D. labrax'' - (European seabass) **'' D. punctatus'' - (spotted seabass) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupercaria
Percomorpha () is an extremely large and diverse clade of ray-finned fish. With more than 17,000 known species (including tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish) known from both marine and freshwater ecosystems, it is the most speciose clade of extant vertebrates. Evolution Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ago. The oldest known percomorph fossils are of the early tetraodontiforms '' Protriacanthus'' and Cretatriacanthidae from the Santonian to Campanian of Italy and Slovenia. A higher diversity of early percomorphs is also known from the Campanian of Nardò, Italy, and these also show some level of diversification into modern orders, with representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percomorpha
Percomorpha () is an extremely large and diverse clade of ray-finned fish. With more than 17,000 known species (including Scombroidei, tuna, Syngnathiformes, seahorses, gobies, Cichlidae, cichlids, flatfish, Labridae, wrasse, Perciformes, perches, Lophiiformes, anglerfish, and Tetraodontiformes, pufferfish) known from both marine and freshwater ecosystems, it is the most speciose clade of extant Vertebrate, vertebrates. Evolution Percomorpha are the most biodiversity, diverse group of teleost fish today. Teleosts, and percomorphs in particular, thrived during the Cenozoic Era (geology), era. Fossil evidence shows that there was a major increase in size and abundance of teleosts immediately after the mass extinction event at the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary ago. The oldest known percomorph fossils are of the early Tetraodontiformes, tetraodontiforms ''Protriacanthus'' and Cretatriacanthidae from the Santonian to Campanian of Italy and Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exellia
''Exellia'' is a genus of extinct marine ray-finned fish that inhabited the northern Tethys Ocean during the early Eocene. It is notable for its large, highly conspicuous dorsal fin. Taxonomy It contains the following species: * ''E. proxima'' Daniltshenko, 1968 - earliest Ypresian of Turkmenistan (Danata Formation) * ''E. velifer'' ( Volta, 1796) (type species) - late Ypresian of Italy (Monte Bolca) In addition, an indeterminate species is also known from the earliest Eocene-aged Fur Formation of Denmark, although it has not yet been assigned to its own species. The species ''Exellia schaerbeeki'' ( van Beneden, 1881) from the middle Eocene of Belgium is too fragmentary and cannot be properly assigned to a genus. The latter-occurring species, ''E. velifer'', is the better studied species, and is known from numerous adult and juvenile specimens from the Monte Bolca lagerstätten. This type species was initially described by Volta (1796) as ''Kurtus velifer'', but placed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthuriformes
Acanthuriformes is a large, diverse order of mostly marine ray-finned fishes, part of the Percomorpha clade. In the past, members of this clade were placed in the suborders Acanthuroidea and Percoidea of the order Perciformes, but this treatment is now considered paraphyletic. This order contains many of the iconic tropical reef fish groups, such as surgeonfish, marine angelfish, butterflyfish, rabbitfish, grunts, and snappers. It also contains widespread, economically important food and sport fishes, such as drums, temperate basses, and porgies. The only pelagic member of the group is the louvar. Classification The following classification is based on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2025): * Order Acanthuriformes ** Family Gerreidae Bleeker, 1859 (mojarras) ** Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 (sillagos) ** Family Moronidae Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (temperate basses) ** Family Drepaneidae Gill, 1872 (sicklefishes) ** Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 (spadefishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Percy Whitley
Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was curator of fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. Early life and education Gilbert Percy Whitley was born on 9 June 1903 at Swaythling, Southampton, England, the eldest child of Percy Nathan Whitley and Clara Minnie (née Moass). He was educated first at King Edward VI School, Southampton and then Osborne House School in Romsey, Hampshire. Whitley migrated with his family to Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ... in 1921. He started working at the Australian Museum in 1922, while studying zoology at Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. Career In 1925 Whitley was formally appointed to the title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and recover. As a species' potential Range (biology), range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively. This difficulty leads to phenomena such as Lazarus taxon, Lazarus taxa, where a species presumed extinct abruptly "reappears" (typically in the Fossil, fossil record) after a period of apparent absence. Over five billion species are estimated to have died out. It is estimated that there are currently around 8.7 million species of eukaryotes globally, possibly many times more if microorganisms are included. Notable extinct animal species include Dinosaur, non-avian dinosaurs, Machairodontinae, saber-toothed cats, and mammoths. Through evolution, species arise through the process of specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
