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Allenbatrachus Grunniens
''Allenbatrachus grunniens'', commonly known as the grunting toadfish, is a species of toadfish found in marine and brackish waters in the Indo Pacific. First described by Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ... in 1758, ''A. grunniens'' is largely found in coastal waters and estuarine areas, especially over muddy bottoms. Description and behavior As ambush predators, ''Allenbatrachus grunniens'' rely on camouflage to blend into their surroundings. Their bodies are covered in patches of varying shades of brown and weed-like projections protrude from their faces. Biology ''Allenbatrachus grunniens'' has a terminal mouth position with an oral cavity lined with canine type teeth. Teeth are found in the maxillary (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toadfish
{{short description, Common name used for fish Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance or calls using their swimbladder. File:OysterToadfish.jpeg, The oyster toadfish (''Opsanus tau'') is one of the Batrachoididae. File:Tetractenos glaber.JPG, Smooth toadfish, ''Tetractenos glaber'' (Tetraodontidae). File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif, Dark toadfish, ''Neophrynichthys latus'' (Psychrolutidae). Batrachoididae The entire family ''Batrachoididae'' are typically called toadfishes. They are benthic ambush predators, known for their ability to produce sound with their swim bladders. Tetraodontidae The name ''toadfish'' is applied to some species of the family Tetraodontidae, including: * The banded toadfish, ''Torquigener pleurogramma'' (Australia) * The blackspotted toadfish, ''Arothron nigropunctatus'' (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans) * The common toadfish (or toadf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indo-West Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two. The term is especially useful in marine biology, ichthyology, and similar fields, since many marine habitats are continuously connected from Madagascar to Japan and Oceania, and a number of species occur over that range, but are not found in the Atlantic Ocean. As a distinct marine realm, the region has an exceptionally high species richness, with the world's highest species richness being found in at its heart in the Coral Triangle, and a remarkable gradient of decreasing species richness radiating outward in all directions. The region includes over 3,000 species of fish, compared with around 1,200 in the next richest marine region, the Western Atlantic, and around 500 species of reef building corals, compared w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was the son of a curate and was born in Råshult, in the countryside of Småland, southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
