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Abyssal Rainbow Gar
The abyssal rainbow gar is a hypothetical species of fish observed by William Beebe while in his bathysphere on 11 August 1934, at a depth of 2,500 feet (760 metres) off the coast of Bermuda. Description At 11:07 o'clock on 11 August 1934, Beebe turned on the 1500-watt light of his bathysphere. In the illuminated water was a quartet of slender fish positioned upright, each four inches in length, with sharply pointed jaws. The heads and jaws of the fish were scarlet, the back of their gills was a strong blue, and their posteriors and tails were a clear yellow. After remaining stiff for a moment, the group of fish swam into the darkness. Although he named them ''abyssal rainbow gars'', Beebe stated that they may have been "anything but gars". See also * ''Bathyceratias'' * ''Bathyembryx'' * ''Bathysidus'' * ''Bathysphaera'' References {{reflist Aquatic cryptids Fish described in 1934 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypothetical Species
Several species have been assumed to exist, but due to a lack of physical evidence they can only be regarded as potential species. Hypothetical species are usually believed to be extinct. They have caused confusion, as they may have been a separate species, a subspecies, an introduced species or a misidentification. List of hypothetical species Birds * Albin's Macaw * Arkansaw siskin, ''Fringilla spaltria''https://www.audubon.org/news/john-james-audubon-crazy-wrong-or-neither * Barraband's mystery black-breasted twelve-wired bird-of-paradise * Bird of Washington, ''Haliaetus washingtoni'' * Blue-browed fig parrot * Blue Mountain warbler, ''Sylvia montana'' * Blue-thighed lory, ''Lorius tibialis'' * Dominican green-and-yellow macaw, ''Ara atwoodi'' * Carbonated warbler, ''Sylvia carbonata'' * Cuvier's kinglet, ''Regulus cuvieri'' *'' Geoffroyus aureus'' * Guadeloupe amazon, ''Amazona violacea'' * Guadeloupe parakeet, ''Psittacara labati'' * Hypothetical relatives of the Rodrigues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beebe
Charles William Beebe ( ; July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962) was an American natural history, naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, such as the Arcturus expedition, ''Arcturus'' mission, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York (state), New York and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Beebe left college before obtaining a degree to work at the then newly opened Bronx Zoo, New York Zoological Park, where he was given the duty of caring for the zoo's birds. He quickly distinguished himself in his work for the zoo, first with his skill in designing habitats for its bird population, and soon also with a series of research expeditions of increasing length, including an expedition around the world to document the world's pheasants. These exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathysphere
The ''Bathysphere'' () was a unique spherical deep sea, deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934. The ''Bathysphere'' was designed in 1928 and 1929 by the American engineer Otis Barton, to be used by the naturalist William Beebe for studying undersea wildlife. Beebe and Barton conducted dives in the ''Bathysphere'' together, marking the first time that a marine biology, marine biologist observed deep-sea animals in their native environment. Their dives set several consecutive world records for the deepest dive ever performed by a human. The record set by the deepest of these, to a depth of on August 15, 1934, lasted until it was broken by Barton in 1949 in a vessel called Benthoscope. Origin and design In 1928, the American naturalist William Beebe was given permission by the British government to establish a research station on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. Bermuda is an archipelago consisting of List of islands of Bermuda, 181 islands, although the most significant islands are connected by bridges and appear to form one landmass. It has a land area of . Bermuda has a tropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers. Its climate also exhibits Oceanic climate, oceanic features similar to other coastal areas in the Northern Hemisphere with warm, moist air from the ocean ensuring relatively high humidity and stabilising temperatures. Bermuda is prone to severe weather from Westerlies#Interaction with tropical cyclones, recurving tropical cyclones; however, it receives some protection from a coral reef and its position north of the Main Development Region, which limits the direction and severity of approach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harcourt (publisher)
Harcourt () was an American publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. It was known at different stages in its history as Harcourt Brace, & Co. and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. From 1919 to 1982, it was based in New York City. The company was last based in San Diego, California, with editorial/sales/marketing/rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida, Houghton Mifflin acquired Harcourt in 2007. It incorporated the Harcourt name to form Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. As of 2012, all Harcourt books that have been re-released are under the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt name. The Harcourt Children's Books division left the name intact on all of its books under that name as part of HMH. In 2007 the U.S. Schools Education and Trade Publishing parts of Harcourt Education were sold by Reed Elsevier to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group. Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International were acquired by Pearson, the inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the following decades, a series of acquisitions made it into one of the largest publishers in the United States. In 2013, it was merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House, which is owned by the Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Penguin Random House uses its brand for Random House Publishing Group and Random House Children's Books, as well as several imprints. Company history 20th century Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random", which suggested the name Random ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathyceratias
''Bathyceratias trilynchnus'', the three-starred anglerfish, is a hypothetical species of anglerfish observed by William Beebe while in his bathysphere on 11 August 1934, at a depth of 2,470 feet (750 metres) off the coast of Bermuda. Description Beebe first witnessed the fish from a distance, with its light faintly reflecting on its back. Getting a clearer view once it swam into the beam of his bathysphere, it was described as similar to ''Ceratias'' and ''Cryptopsaras'', but with a flattened mouth and short, even teeth. It was ovoid, black in color, six inches in length, and possessed three illicium, each tipped with a pale yellow light organ. Current status As with the other four species described by Beebe during his bathysphere dives, the three-starred anglerfish has not been observed since. See also * Abyssal rainbow gar The abyssal rainbow gar is a hypothetical species of fish observed by William Beebe while in his bathysphere on 11 August 1934, at a depth of 2,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathyembryx
''Bathyembryx istiophasma'', the pallid sailfin, is a hypothetical species of fish observed by William Beebe on 11 August 1934. He described seeing the species twice during the same dive at depths of and near the coast of Bermuda. Background The "bathysphere," as termed by Beebe, was a new yet primitive invention. It was a rounded steel enclosure with space adequate for two people, its external layer being . On the side, there was a single window made of fused quartz, across and thick. It was fitted with a heavy steel door that had to be bolted on. With no manoeuvrability, the navigation of this steel submersible was solely dependent on the ship it had been attached to. Beebe had no camera brought with him to these great depth, and instead described the species in detail to Else Bostelmann, an artist who proceeded to illustrate his findings. From 1930 to 1934, this submersible was used by Beebe in his deep-sea expedition. The encounter Beebe had begun to fathom what he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathysidus
''Bathysidus pentagrammus'', the five-lined constellation fish, is a hypothetical species of fish that was described by William Beebe on 11 August 1934, being spotted by the biologist as he descended to a depth of 580 metres (1900 feet) off the coast of Bermuda. Background The "bathysphere" was a new invention, being a rounded steel enclosure with space for two people, a thick external hull, and a single window, in diameter. Maneuverability was solely dependent on the ship it was tethered to. Beebe had no camera with him and instead described the species in detail to Else Bostelmann, an artist who proceeded to illustrate his findings. Encounter The fish was seen in solitude. It was described by Beebe as resembling a surgeon or butterflyfish. It was disc-like in appearance, with a 12 cm high and 15 cm across. Its fins were continuous and vertical; its eyes large. Bebe was intrigued by this fish's striking bioluminescence, which he described in the book ''Half Mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathysphaera
''Bathysphaera intacta'', or the giant dragonfish, is a hypothetical species of fish described by William Beebe on 22 September 1932, having been spotted by the biologist as he descended to a depth of 640 metres (2100 feet) off the coast of Bermuda. Background Beebe's bathysphere was a new yet primitive invention. It was a rounded steel enclosure with space for two people, its external layer being 3 centimetres thick. On the side, there was a single window fifteen centimetres across. It was fitted with a heavy steel door that had to be bolted on. With no maneuverability, navigation of the bathysphere was dependent on the ship it had been attached to. Beebe used this submersible in his deep-sea expeditions from 1930 to 1934. The encounter Beebe encountered two fish, which he had described as "six feet long". He said they resembled barracudas, with short heads and jaws that were constantly opened, and that they were bioluminescent Bioluminescence is the emission of light d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatic Cryptids
Aquatic means relating to water; living in or near water or taking place in water; does not include groundwater, as "aquatic" implies an environment where plants and animals live. Aquatic(s) may also refer to: * Aquatic animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life * Aquatic ecosystem, environmental system located in a body of water * Aquatic plants, also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes, are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments * ''Aquatic'' (album), 1994 album by the Australian experimental jazz trio, The Necks * Aquatics, another name for water sports See also * * Aquatics (other) * Freshwater ecosystem, an earth aquatic ecosystems * Limnology, the study of inland waters * Marine biology, the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water * Oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
