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Calamus (fish)
''Calamus'' is a genus of porgies in the family Sparidae The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by .... It contains thirteen described species. Species '' Calamus arctifrons'', Grass porgy '' Calamus bajonado'', Jolthead porgy '' Calamus brachysomus'', Pacific porgy '' Calamus calamus'', Saucereye porgy '' Calamus campechanus'', Campeche porgy '' Calamus cervigoni'', Spotfin porgy '' Calamus leucosteus'', Whitebone porgy '' Calamus mu'', Flathead porgy '' Calamus nodosus'', Knobbed porgy '' Calamus penna'', Sheepshead porgy '' Calamus pennatula'', Pluma porgy '' Calamus proridens'', Littlehead porgy '' Calamus taurinus'', Galapagos porgy References * Extant Rupelian first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson Rupelian genus first app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain. The name Oligocene was coined in 1854 by the German paleontologist Heinrich Ernst Beyrich from his studies of marine beds in Belgium and Germany. The name comes from the Ancient Greek (''olígos'', "few") and (''kainós'', "new"), and refers to the sparsity of extant forms of molluscs. The Oligocene is preceded by the Eocene Epoch and is followed by the Miocene Epoch. The Oligocene is the third and final epoch of the Paleogene Period. The Oligocene is often considered an important time of transition, a link between the archaic world of the tropical Eocene and the more modern ecosystems of the Miocene. Major changes during the Oligocene included a global expansi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Penna
The sheepshead porgy (''Calamus penna'') is a species of fish of the porgy family, Sparidae, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is only distantly related to the California sheephead of the Pacific Ocean. External links * * sheepshead porgy Fish of the Western Atlantic sheepshead porgy The sheepshead porgy (''Calamus penna'') is a species of fish of the porgy family, Sparidae, only found in the Atlantic Ocean. It is only distantly related to the California sheephead The California sheephead (''Semicossyphus pulcher'') is a ... Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes {{Perciformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Fish Genera
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Extant Rupelian First Appearances
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Calamus (fish)
''Calamus'' is a genus of porgies in the family Sparidae The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by .... It contains thirteen described species. Species '' Calamus arctifrons'', Grass porgy '' Calamus bajonado'', Jolthead porgy '' Calamus brachysomus'', Pacific porgy '' Calamus calamus'', Saucereye porgy '' Calamus campechanus'', Campeche porgy '' Calamus cervigoni'', Spotfin porgy '' Calamus leucosteus'', Whitebone porgy '' Calamus mu'', Flathead porgy '' Calamus nodosus'', Knobbed porgy '' Calamus penna'', Sheepshead porgy '' Calamus pennatula'', Pluma porgy '' Calamus proridens'', Littlehead porgy '' Calamus taurinus'', Galapagos porgy References * Extant Rupelian first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson Rupelian genus first app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparidae
The Sparidae are a family of fish in the order Perciformes, commonly called sea breams and porgies. The sheepshead, scup, and red seabream are species in this family. Most sparids are deep-bodied compressed fish with a small mouth separated by a broad space from the eye, a single dorsal fin with strong spines and soft rays, a short anal fin, long pointed pectoral fins and rather large firmly attached scales. They are found in shallow temperate and tropical waters and are bottom-dwelling carnivores. There are hermaphrodites in the Sparidae. Protogyny and protandry appear sporadically through this lineage of fish. Simultaneous hermaphrodites and bi-directional hermaphrodites do not appear as much since Sparidae are found in shallower waters. Species of fish that express a hermaphroditic condition usually "lack a genetic hardwire", therefore ecological factors play a role in sex determination. Most species possess grinding, molar-like teeth. Eating the head is known to cause h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus '' Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should clea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Taurinus
Calamus may refer to: Botany and zoology * ''Calamus'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Sparidae * ''Calamus'' (palm), a genus of rattan palms * Calamus, the hollow shaft of a feather, also known as the quill * ''Acorus calamus'', the sweet flag, a tall wetland plant, commonly referred to as calamus in herbal medicine Place names * Calamus, Iowa, United States * Calamus, Wisconsin, United States * Calamus Creek (other) * Calamus Swamp, Ohio, United States Other uses * Calamus (DTP), a desktop publishing application * Calamus (poems), a series of poems by American writer Walt Whitman * Calamus Ensemble, a classical music ensemble featuring Roberto Carnevale * Ensemble Cálamus, a classical music ensemble featuring Eduardo Paniagua * USS ''Calamus'' (AOG-5) a ''Mettawee''-class gasoline tanker acquired by the U.S. Navy * Calamus or Kalamos, a figure in Greek mythology *Calamus, a character from the 2014 puzzle/adventure game OneShot ''OneShot'' is an adventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Proridens
The littlehead porgy (''Calamus proridens'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies. It is only found in the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, where they are often caught and used as food. Taxonomy The Littlehead porgy was first formally described in 1884 by the Ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert with its type locality given as Key West in Florida. The genus ''Calamus'' is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World''. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae. Etymology The littlehead porgy has the specific name ''proridens'' which is combination of ''prora'', meaning prow" and ''dens'', which means "teeth". This is an allusion to the large canine-like teeth on either side of the upper jaw in adults, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Pennatula
The Pluma porgy (''Calamus pennatula'') is an ocean-going fish of the family Sparidae. In many parts of the Caribbean, it is simply known as the Pluma, while in Jamaica can be called the Pimento grunt, and is sometimes called the West Indian porgy in the United States. The Pluma porgy was described by Alphone Guichenot, a French zoologist who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the National Natural History Museum in Paris, in 1869. Found only in the Atlantic ocean, Pluma porgies are the most common member of their genus in the Antilles, where they are often used for food—though ciguatera poisoning has been reported as a result of this. Description The Pluma porgy is similar to its relative, the Jolthead porgy (''C. bajonado''). However, it has fewer rays on its Pectoral fins than the Jolthead. The Pluma porgy has both 12 spines and 12 soft rays on its dorsal fin, while it has only 3 spines and 10 rays on its anal fin. Their heads are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Nodosus
The knobbed porgy (''Calamus nodosus'') is an ocean-going species of gamefish of the bream/porgy family, Sparidae. They are only found in the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, where they are often caught with trawling nets or by angling, and used as food. The knobbed porgy was named by John Randall and David K. Caldwell as part of a 1966 review of the genus ''Calamus'', which was published in the academic journal ''Science''. Randall and Caldwell also described three other species of ''Calamus'' in the paper. Description Knobbed porgies have a fairly deep body with a steep profile, and a nape that projects noticeably in larger adults, later developing into a humped 'forehead'. They are similar in coloration to the littlehead porgy, with silver to brass bodies with a rosy cast and violet snouts and cheeks. Knobbed porgies can be distinguished by blue lines present on a yellowish under color. The longest knobbed porgy ever caught was recorded at 54.4 cm, tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamus Bajonado
The jolthead porgy (''Calamus bajonado'') is an ocean-going species of fish in the family Sparidae. In Bermuda, it is known as the blue bone porgy, in the United States, it is also known by the Spanish name ''bojanado'', in Jamaica, it is one of the species known by the name, porgi grunt. Taxonomy and naming Credit for describing the Jolthead porgy goes to Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Schneider. Though Bloch died in 1799, Schneider edited and republished several of Bloch's papers in a book called ''Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum'' in 1801. It was originally placed in the genus '' Sparus'', which now contains only one species, but has since been moved into ''Calamus''. The Genus name comes from the mythological Calamus, or ''Kalamos''. It was so named because the Calamus of myth allowed himself to drown in a river, after the death of his lover, and transform into aquatic plants that some members of the genus make their homes in. The species name, ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
