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Barilius Modestus
''Barilius modestus'' is a fish in genus ''Barilius'' of the family Cyprinidae. References modestus Modestus was a Roman cognomen. It may refer to: * Julius Modestus (1st century BC), Roman freedman and grammarian * Marcus Mettius Modestus (procurator) (1st century AD), Roman governor of Egypt * Aufidius Modestus (1st century AD), Roman philol ... Fish described in 1872 {{Danioninae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Day
Francis Talbot Day (2 March 1829 – 10 July 1889) was an army surgeon and naturalist in the Madras Presidency who later became the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma. A pioneer ichthyologist, he described more than three hundred fishes in the two-volume work on ''The Fishes of India''. He also wrote the fish volumes of the Fauna of British India series. He was also responsible for the introduction of trout into the Nilgiri hills, for which he received a medal from the French Societe d'Acclimatation. Many of his fish specimens are distributed across museums with only a small fraction deposited in the British Museum (Natural History Museum, London), an anomaly caused by a prolonged conflict with Albert Günther, the keeper of zoology there. Biography Day was born in Maresfield, East Sussex, the third son of William and Ann Elliott née Le Blanc. The family estate included two thousand acres with forty tenant farmers during his childhood. William Day was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barilius
''Barilius'' is a large genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Asia. Four species in this genus have been described since 2012. Species There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus: * '' Barilius ardens'' Knight, A. Rai, D’Souza & Vijaykrishnan, 2015Knight, J.D.M., Rai, A., D’Souza, R.K.P. & Vijaykrishnan, B. (2015): ''Barilius ardens'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, with redescription of ''B. malabaricus'' and ''B. canarensis''. ''Zootaxa, 3926 (3): 396–412.'' * '' Barilius bakeri'' ( F. Day, 1865) * '' Barilius barila'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * ''Barilius bendelisis'' ( F. Hamilton, 1807) * '' Barilius bonarensis'' B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912 * ''Barilius borneensis'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * '' Barilius canarensis'' ( Jerdon, 1849) * ''Barilius caudiocellatus'' X. L. Chu, 1984 * ''Barilius chatricensis'' Selim & Vishwanath, 2002 * '' Barilius cyanochlorus'' Plamoottil & Vineeth, 2020 (Kazargod Barilius) * '' Barili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000 species, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp'). Biology and ecology Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
