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Sorsogona Humerosa
''Sorsogona'' is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Sorsogona humerosa'' L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead) * ''Sorsogona melanoptera'' L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead) * '' Sorsogona nigripinna'' (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead) * '' Sorsogona portuguesa'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead) * ''Sorsogona prionota'' (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead) * '' Sorsogona tuberculata'' ( G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead) ''Sorsogona'' is recognised by Fishbase but, apparently, does not include the type species, ''Sorsogona serrulata'', as a species within it. ''Catalog of Fishes'' treats this genus as a synonym of ''Ratabulus ''Ratabulus'' is a genus of marine fish, marine, Demersal fish, demersal ray-finned fish belonging to the family (biology), family Platycephalidae. These fishes are native to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert William Herre
Albert William Christian Theodore Herre (September 16, 1868 – January 16, 1962) was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist. Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio. He was an alumnus of Stanford University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in botany in 1903. Herre also received a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Stanford, both in ichthyology. He died in Santa Cruz, California in 1962. Work in the Philippines Albert W. Herre was perhaps best known for his taxonomic work in the Philippines, where he was the Chief of Fisheries of the Bureau of Science in Manila from 1919 to 1928. While in the Bureau of Science of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (which were administered by the United States at the time), Herre was responsible for discovering and describing many new species of fish. Legacy Herre is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of gecko, ''Lepidodactylus herrei'', which is endemic to the Philippines.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorsogona Portuguesa
''Sorsogona'' is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Sorsogona humerosa'' L. W. Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 (White-margined flathead) * ''Sorsogona melanoptera'' L. W. Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 (Obscure flathead) * ''Sorsogona nigripinna'' (Regan, 1905) (Blackfin flathead) * '' Sorsogona portuguesa'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1953) (South African thorny flathead) * ''Sorsogona prionota'' (Sauvage, 1873) (Halfspined flathead) * '' Sorsogona tuberculata'' ( G. Cuvier, 1829) (Tuberculated flathead) ''Sorsogona'' is recognised by Fishbase but, apparently, does not include the type species, ''Sorsogona serrulata'', as a species within it. ''Catalog of Fishes'' treats this genus as a synonym of ''Ratabulus ''Ratabulus'' is a genus of marine fish, marine, Demersal fish, demersal ray-finned fish belonging to the family (biology), family Platycephalidae. These fishes are native to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synonym (taxonomy)
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, '' Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved for two names at the same rank that refers to a taxon at that rank - for example, the name ''Papilio prorsa'' Linnaeus, 1758 is a junior synonym of ''Papilio levana'' Linnaeus, 1758, being names for different seasonal forms of the species now referred to as ''Araschnia l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalog Of Fishes
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer. The taxonomy maintained by the Catalog of Fishes is considered authoritative and it is used as a baseline reference for instance by the broader global fish database FishBase, which involves cross-references to the Catalog's information for all accepted taxa. , the searchable catalogue contains entries for about 58,300 fish species names, about 33,400 of which are currently accepted (valid), and for some 10,600 genera (5,100 valid). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish). It is the largest and most extensively accessed online database on adult finfish on the web.Marine Fellow: Rainer Froese ''Pew Environment Group''. Over time it has "evolved into a dynamic and versatile ecological tool" that is widely cited in scholarly publications. FishBase provides comprehensive species data, including information on taxonomy, geographical distribution, biometrics and morphology, behaviour and habitats, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Cuvier
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phylum, phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. In his ''Essay on the Theory of the Earth'' (1813) Cuvier proposed that now-extinct species had been wiped out by periodic catastrophic flooding events. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorsogona Tuberculata
The tuberculated flathead (''Ratabulus tuberculatus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. This species is found in Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy The tuberculated flathead was first formally described in 1829 as ''Platycephalus tuberculatus'' by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality given as Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. In 1934 the Norwegian born American zoologist Albert William Herre described a new species, ''Sorsogona serrula'', and classified it within a new monotypic genus, ''Sorsogona''. Herre's name is a junior synonym of Cuvier's ''P. tuberculatus'' and this species has been regarded as the type species of ''Sorsogona''. However, some authorities do not recognise ''Sorsogona'' as a valid genus and classify its species within the genus ''Ratabulus''. Other authorities continue to recognise ''Sorsogona'' as a valid genus. The specific name ''tuberculatus'' refers to the bony tubercl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Émile Sauvage
Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was a leading expert on Mesozoic fish and reptiles.Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective edited by Richard Moody He worked as a curator at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in , and published extensively on |
Sorsogona Prionota
The halfspined flathead (''Ratabulus prionotus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. This species is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Taxonomy The halfspined flathead was first formally described as ''Platycephalus prionotus'' in 1873 by the French zoologist Henri Émile Sauvage with its type locality given as the Red Sea, or possibly Madagascar. There is some uncertainty about its classification as some authorities classify this species in the genus ''Sorsogona''. Its specific name ''prionotus'' means “jagged” or “serrated”, and may be an allusion to the fine serrations on the bony ridges over and under the eye. Description The halfspined flathead has an elongated body with a flattened head with obvious ridges on the upper and lower parts of the operculum. There are three large and two small preopercular spines which are under half the length of the larger spines. The ridge above the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Leonard Brierley Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long extinct. Early life Born in Graaff-Reinet, 26 September 1897, Smith was the elder of two sons of Joseph Smith and his wife, Emily Ann Beck. Educated at country schools at Noupoort, De Aar, and Aliwal North, he finally matriculated in 1914 from the Diocesan College, Rondebosch. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1916 and a Master of Science degree in chemistry at Stellenbosch University in 1918. Smith went to the United Kingdom, where he received his PhD at Cambridge University in 1922. After returning to South Africa, he became senior lecturer and later an associate professor of organic chemistry at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. From 1922 to 1937, he was marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tate Regan
Charles Tate Regan FRS (1 February 1878 – 12 January 1943) was a British ichthyologist, working mainly around the beginning of the 20th century. He did extensive work on fish classification schemes. Born in Sherborne, Dorset, he was educated at Derby School and Queens' College, Cambridge and in 1901 joined the staff of the Natural History Museum, where he became Keeper of Zoology, and later director of the entire museum, in which role he served from 1927 to 1938. Regan was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. Regan mentored a number of scientists, among them Ethelwynn Trewavas, who continued his work at the British Natural History Museum. Species Among the species he described is the Siamese fighting fish (''Betta splendens''). In turn, a number of fish species have been named ''regani'' in his honour: *A Thorny Catfish ''Anadoras regani'' (Steindachner, 1908) *The Dwarf Cichlid '' Apistogramma regani'' *'' Apogon regani'' *A Catfish ''Astroblepus regani'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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