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Gobiosoma Robustum
''Gobiosoma'' is a genus of Gobiidae, gobies native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of the Americas. Species Several additional species were formerly included in this ''Gobiosoma'', but these have been moved to ''Elacatinus'' and ''Tigrigobius''. There are currently 19 recognized species in ''Gobiosoma'', but ''Gobiosoma pallida'' is a ''species inquirenda'': * ''Gobiosoma aceras'' (Isaac Ginsburg, Ginsburg, 1939) (White-margined goby) Tornabene, L. & Van Tassell, J.L. (2014): Redescription of the goby genus ''Gobiosoma'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini), with the synonymy of the genus ''Enypnias''. ''Journal of Natural History, 48 (23-24): 1413-1437.'' * ''Gobiosoma alfiei'' Jean-Cristophe Joyeux, J. C. Joyeux & Raphael Mariano Macieira, Macieira, 2015 (Alfie's goby) Van Tassell, J.L., Joyeux, J.-C., Macieira, R.M. & Tornabene, L. (2015): Status of ''Gobiosoma'' (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Brazil: description of a new species, redescription of ''G. hemigymnum'', molecula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frédéric Girard
Charles Frédéric Girard (8 March 1822 – 29 January 1895) was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology. Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard University. Three years later, Spencer Fullerton Baird called him to the Smithsonian Institution to work on its growing collection of North American reptiles, amphibians and fishes. He worked at the museum for the next ten years and published numerous papers, many in collaboration with Baird. In 1854, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Besides his work at the Smithsonian, he managed to earn an M.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1856. In 1859 he returned to France and was awarded the Cuvier Prize by the Institute of France for his work on the North American reptiles and fishes two years later. When the American Civil War broke out, he joined the Confeder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |